This pistachio banana bread recipe is simple, easy, and oh so much fun to make and eat. With green batter comes a golden brown loaf of moist and flavorful banana bread that's perfect for snacking.
Recipe: $3.41 | Per Serving: $0.34 | Servings: 10 slices
Where I live, pistachios are expensive, but boxed pudding isn't! By adding pudding mix to banana bread batter, we achieve a pistachio flavor without the cost and add extra moisture to the loaf.
While I've always loved using pudding mix in cookies (like my Valentines M&M Cookies), I recently tried it in banana bread—and I've been missing out! It adds flavor, texture, and moisture to every bite, making it irresistible.
For more banana bread recipes, try my One Bowl Chocolate Chip Banana Bread, Chocolate Orange Banana Bread, and Carrot Cake Banana Bread.
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🍯 Why This Recipe Works
- Simplicity at its finest. Made with just a few simple ingredients and without dirtying every dish in the house, it's as easy to make as you can imagine.
- Quick prep. It's so fast to throw together that the batter can be ready in the same time it takes for the oven to preheat. While it's not as fast as our 3 Ingredient Banana Bread or Red Velvet Banana Bread, it's still pretty quick.
- It's always popular. Banana bread doesn't need a time of the year to make an entrance at your house. It's evergreen and always well-received.
🥘 Ingredients
Ingredient Notes:
Ripe bananas- You will need some ripe spotted bananas to make this banana bread well flavored and sweeter. If you still have bananas on hand, try our Breakfast Banana Splits.
Pudding mix- Adding in a box of pistachio-flavored instant pudding mi will give us a wonderful flavor and texture as it lends some moisture to the loaf. Remember that you only need the dry stuff. Do not prepare the pudding in advance. (We also use this flavor of pudding mix in our Chocolate Pistachio Bundt Cake).
Green Food Coloring- This is optional, but if desired, you can add in a few drops of green food coloring to make your loaf look more pistachio-like. The boxed pudding may color the batter, but once baked, the color is gone, so food coloring can help maintain that shade.
Glaze- Powdered sugar and milk are all you need for a delicious topping.
Pistachios- If desired, you can add some chopped pistachios over the top of the glaze to make this loaf look more inviting. It'll also help to showcase the star flavor in this loaf.
For specific ingredients and measurements, please see the recipe card below.
🔪 Instructions for Pistachio Banana Bread
To make the bread:
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease an 8x4 loaf pan. Set aside.
Step 2: In a large mixing bowl, mash bananas.
Step 3: Stir in oil or melted butter.
Step 4: Mix in the baking soda and salt.
Step 5: Mix in the vanilla, egg, and sugar until smooth.
Step 6: Stir in pistachio pudding mix and flour until no streaks remain.
Step 7: Pour into prepared loaf pan and bake for 50-60 minutes until a toothpick can be inserted and come out clean.
Step 8: Let cool for 10 minutes in the pan before transferring to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
To make the Glaze:
Step 9: Whisk together milk and powdered sugar in a bowl until smooth. Drizzle over the cooled loaf.
Step 10: Sprinkle chopped pistachios over the top of the glaze and let rest about 5 minutes to set before slicing and serving.
🍴 Recipe Tips
- Color Change Warning- This banana pistachio bread recipe is simple to follow, but there's something to keep in mind: the bread won't stay green once baked.
- Color Transformation- Even though the batter starts off green and stays that way for most of the baking time, it eventually turns into a golden brown color.
- Preserving Green Hue- If you want your banana bread to stay green, you'll need to add some green food coloring. Gel food coloring works best because you need less to get a nice green color.
💭 Recipe FAQs
You can make banana pistachio muffins using this banana bread recipe. Simply divide the batter amongst a greased or lined muffin pan and fill them ⅔s of the way full. Then bake for about 15-20 minutes until a toothpick can be inserted and come out clean.
You can freeze this banana bread after the bread has cooled completely. Simply wrap it well in plastic wrap and store it in an airtight container for up to 3 months. Thaw before eating.
Your banana bread with pudding mix will be finished baking when a toothpick can be inserted and come out clean. The internal temperature of the bread will be about 200 degrees F if you wanted to check it with an instant-read thermometer.
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📖 Recipe
Pistachio Banana Bread
Ingredients
Pistachio Banana Bread
- 1 cups mashed bananas (about 2-3 ripe) ($0.75)
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil ($0.23)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda ($0.01)
- ¼ teaspoon salt ($0.01)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ($0.03)
- 1 large egg ($0.15)
- ½ cup granulated sugar ($0.18)
- 3 drops green food coloring *optional ($0.04)
- 1 box (3.4oz) pistachio pudding mix ($0.83)
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour ($0.20)
Glaze
- 2 Tablespoons milk ($0.01)
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar ($0.54)
- ¼ cup chopped pistachios *optional ($0.45)
Instructions
Pistachio Banana Bread
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease an 8x4 loaf pan. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, mash bananas.
- Stir in oil or melted butter.
- Mix in the baking soda and salt.
- Mix in the vanilla, egg, and sugar until smooth. Add in some green food coloring, if using.
- Stir in pistachio pudding mix and flour until no streaks remain.
- Pour into prepared loaf pan and bake for 50-60 minutes until a toothpick can be inserted and come out clean.
- Let cool for 10 minutes in the pan before transferring to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
Glaze
- Whisk together milk and powdered sugar in a bowl until smooth. Drizzle over the cooled loaf.
- Sprinkle chopped pistachios over the top of the glaze and let rest about 5 minutes to set before slicing and serving.
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