Miss Priss' Banana Bread

• 3 cups-All purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp.-Baking soda
• 1/2 tsp.-baking powder
• 3/4 cup- softened salted butter(important for flavor quality)
• 8 oz or one block softened cream cheese
• 2 cups- sugar or Splenda
• 2 Large eggs
• About 4 mashed ripe bananas( can still be yellow and taste great)
• 1/2 tsp.-vanilla extract or almond extract(both are great)
• 3/4 cups-chopped walnuts(optional and adjustable)
• Topping:
• 1/2 cup-brown sugar
• 1/2 cup-walnuts
• 1 tbs-flour
• 1/4 tsp- cinnamon

1. Preheat oven 350 F.
2. Grease and flour two 8x4 loaf pans
3. In a large bowl wire whisk first three dry ingredients.
4. In another large bowl cream butter&sugar with hand mixer
5. Then blend in cream cheese until smooth
6. Add one egg at a time and mix
7. Fold dry mixture in.
8. After mixed add in mashed bananas.
9. Add walnuts.
10. Divide mixture evenly between two loaf pans.
11. Now mix your topping ingredients gently with a fork. Sprinkle evenly over the two loaves.
12. Bakes for an hour to an hour and 15 minutes.
13. Note: this bread freezes well.

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/miss-priss-banana-bread-52439221 (may not work)