Anne's Banana Nut Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter (at room temperature)
• 2 cups light brown sugar (packed)
• 4 eggs (at room temperature)
• 2 cups plain flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups mashed bananas (7 medium very ripe bananas)
• 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts (toasted, or substitute pecans)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350f (metal) or 325f (glass).
• 2 cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 3 add eggs one at a time, mixing briefly after each.
• 4 combine flours, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• 5 to the creamed mixture, add flours and mashed bananas about one-third at a time, mixing briefly after each.
• 6 add toasted walnuts (or pecans) and stir until combined.
• 7 divide batter between two loaf pans sprayed with cooking spray.
• 8 bake at 350f (metal) or 325f (glass) for 50-55 minutes.
• 9 cool for 5 minutes, then turn onto a wire rack to completely cool before slicing.
• 10 note: makes two loaves or bake as one loaf and eight mini loaves (3.7 x 2.4),or as sixteen mini loaves! bake mini loaves for 20-25 minutes. cut the recipe in half if you only need one loaf, though the loaves do freeze!