Banana Loaf Bread
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3 bananas lrg, ripe, mashed with a fork
- 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
- 1/2 cup chocolate chip mini-morsels, optional
- 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan. Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
- 2. Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer on high speed until light, 2 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, and the vanilla, mixing well after each addition. Stop the mixer and add the bananas. Mix lightly. fold in the dry ingredients and nuts, mixing just until combined.
- 3. Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes then invert onto a wire rack. Cool completely. Sprinkle chocolate chip morsels on top, if desired, before slicing.
flour, baking soda, salt, butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, bananas lrg, pecans, chocolate chip
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Banana-Loaf-Bread-1649007 (may not work)