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Pistachio Avocado Quick Bread and a Giveaway!

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Diamond Pistachio Nuts and Avocados come together for a tender and flavorful quick bread.
Pistachio Avocado Quick Bread from dineanddish.net

The other day I was feeling a bit full of myself, bragging about my love of baking and how even the summer heat doesn’t keep me from turning on the oven. Then, I went into my kitchen and whipped up a loaf of this Pistachio Avocado Quick Bread, loaded with those shelled Diamond Pistachio Nuts I told you about when I made that amazing Toffee Brittle. This loaf bakes for an hour in a pretty hot oven. As I was cleaning up in the kitchen, and sweat was dripping off my forehead, I started thinking “maybe I’m not actually cut out for baking in the summer heat!” I was miserably hot…and our air conditioner was on! Or so I thought… turns out our air conditioner was broken and my love for summer baking was not. I recovered, our air conditioner got fixed, and I went on to boast my fondness for baking in the summer!

Pistachio Avocado Quick Nut Bread from dineanddish.netDo you love baking no matter the temp outside or do you save your baking for when it’s cool outside so heating up your oven heats up your cold house? My friends at Diamond of California nuts and I think baking with nuts should happen all year long! Diamond is offering a fun and fresh Diamond Nuts Baking Kit to one lucky Dine & Dish reader! I’ll tell you about how to enter the giveaway in a second, but beforeI do, let me tell you about this bread.

If you love banana bread, you will love this Pistachio Avocado Quick Bread recipe even more… I promise. I’ve never tasted a quick bread with more flavor. The crust has a delicious nutty butter flavor and the inside of the loaf was so tender and good… the pistachio nuts and avocados make such a wonderful combination for this quick bread! I hope you’ll give it a try!

Diamond Nuts of California Baking Kit Giveaway

Now, for the giveaway! Up for grabs is one (1) Keep it Fresh Baking Kit from my friends at Diamond of California. For details and to enter the giveaway, check out the PromoSimple widget below! Make sure to come back and Pin the recipe… I know you’ll want to keep this one to try soon.

Pistachio Avocado Quick Bread from dineanddish.net
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Pistachio Avocado Quick Bread

Diamond Pistachio Nuts and Avocados come together for a tender and flavorful quick bread. Inspired by Avocado Nut Bread on Food.com
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 1 loaf

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 California avocado mashed
  • 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup Diamond Pistachio Nuts coarsely chopped

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375°F
  • In a small bowl, stir together dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt). Set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, mix together egg, smashed avocado and whipping cream until well blended and creamy. Add vanilla.
  • Slowly, while mixing, add the dry ingredients. Continue to mix until well combined.
  • Turn off mixer and fold in chopped Diamond Pistachio Nuts.
  • Pour into a 9x5 inch loaf pan sprayed with Pam cooking spray. Bake at 375° for 60 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Allow bread to cool before removing from pan and slicing.

 Disclosure: I am honored to be working with Diamond of California on this compensated campaign. All opinions expressed are my own. 

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Comments

  1. Katie M says

    I will gladly fire up the oven for blueberry banana bread made with fresh blueberries and any kind of peach dessert 🙂

  2. Starla B says

    That looks so tasty and yet something I would of never thought would be good. I love baking pies in the summer and/or tarts. My Nana is a huge fan! I can’t just not satisfy her 😉

  3. Michelle Wheeler says

    I absolutely love making the kids breads or muffins for breakfast when they are summer break dispite the 120° temperatures

  4. Danijela says

    The bread looks great! I love baking in all seasons. Fruit cakes, homemade pies, pizzas and bread – they are too beautiful not to make/eat them all year long. So I totally agree with you!

  6. Christine says

    I will turn the oven on for anything in the summer – cookies for homemade ice cre sandwiches…

  10. Katie says

    I’ll fire up the oven for a pie using the fresh berries or peaches of the summer!

  30. Kathy says

    For the first time in ten years, I’m facing a summer of baking with no air conditioning, so I’m going for pre-formed cookies, kept in the freezer and baked fresh as needed, so the oven needs to be on only about 15 minutes. My favorite cookie is a gluten free buckwheat cookie I make up as I go with what ever dried fruits I have on hand, seeds, nuts and no added sweetener.

  33. Whitney says

    Ice cream! I realize that isn’t baking, but we live in the desert and only have a swamp cooler. The oven doesn’t come on much!

  34. Melissa W says

    Cookies, cakes, bread….no matter what the temp outside, it’s always a good time to bake!! My biggest weakness (or should I say “need”) are cookies!

  36. Cheryl Rahkonen says

    I love baking brownies in the summer-actually, I love baking brownies all year long.

  38. Jesse says

    My favorite thing to bake is my grandma’s secret banana nut bread recipe. It is the best ever.

  46. Katrina says

    Favorite thing to bake in the summer, maybe granola. I never like to be out of it. My chocolate chip cookies are always requested year round. 😉

  60. Carolsue says

    Booze cake! I’m making some today! Rum, brandy, walnuts, raisins, etc. YUM.

  65. Sharon O. says

    I like to bake just about anything during the summer–just run the AC and go for it! I guess my favorite is probably cupcakes. Thank you.

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