Diamond Pistachio Nuts and Avocados come together for a tender and flavorful quick bread.
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!
Do 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!
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Pistachio Avocado Quick Bread
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.
I will gladly fire up the oven for blueberry banana bread made with fresh blueberries and any kind of peach dessert 🙂
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 😉
I absolutely love making the kids breads or muffins for breakfast when they are summer break dispite the 120° temperatures
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!
crumbles with the delicious berries
I will turn the oven on for anything in the summer – cookies for homemade ice cre sandwiches…
Any kind of fruit cobbler is worth heating up the kitchen for 🙂
Whoopie Pies!!
This looks amazing!! I’ve been known to crave and make pho soup on 90 degree days so I most certainly won’t judge anyone for summer baking. 😉
I’ll fire up the oven for a pie using the fresh berries or peaches of the summer!
The kids go crazy for Banana Espresso Chocolate Muffins – turning on the oven today to bake up a batch.
I’ll heat up the kitchen for a loaf of warm bread… any variety! Ohhhh <3 This looks heavenly!
I like to bake banana bread in the summer.
Cookies are always worth turning on the oven 😉
I like to bake carrot zucchini bread.
I love to bake fruit cobblers and crisp.
My favorite thing to bake in the summer is fruit pie – whatever’s in season that I can get from a U-pick farm!
I love to bake Lemon Bars!
pretzels!
I love to bake fresh granola. All year.
Cookies!
I like making a good dark chocolate ice cream!
Homemade bread for sure.
Chocolate chip cookies are always worth turning on the oven
During summer I love to bake peach pies from scratch! It’s a tradition every year with my dad.
Everything about this quick bread is so interesting! I love the pistachios and avocado in it — this is a must try!
I love baking a triple decker strawberry cake.
During the summer time, I can’t help but whip out a good s’mores pie!
Brownies!
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.
Homemade sourdough bread, it is a staple at our house
baking….chocolate cake 🙂 The dark and the sunny days of summer
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!
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!
I love making no bake granola bars!
I love baking brownies in the summer-actually, I love baking brownies all year long.
cupcakes!
My favorite thing to bake is my grandma’s secret banana nut bread recipe. It is the best ever.
Fresh blueberry muffins!
banana bread
cherry buckle
cherry almond scones
I love making pie!
chocolate scones!
I will turn the oven on in the morning to bake spinach and sausage egg muffins.
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. 😉
early morning muffins!
Myoven doesn’t come on for anything less than banana bread.
My oven always comes on for peach cobbler.
Definitely Cherry Pie!
Love making mini cherry pies in the summer time.
Roasting veggies
I love to make peach pies in the summer
Grain Free Banana Nut Mini Muffins (with ground almonds)…love them!
sweet potato!
Angel Food cake to go with all the fresh strawberries.
Pies made with fresh picked berries!
It’s worth the heat for choc chip cookies or choc cake!
pizzas!
Booze cake! I’m making some today! Rum, brandy, walnuts, raisins, etc. YUM.
I love making mint brownies
Cake, Brownies or Cookies are always good to bake.
lately I have been all about cupcakes especially my chai tea ones
Cookies mostly
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.
I swore to myself: no bake summer. And I’ve baked almost every day!! I think I’m amending it to: no bake over 100 degrees, lol. This bread? AMAZEBALLS. Pinned!