Banana Walnut Bread
 
 
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Ingredients
  • ½ cup blended butter such as Smart Balance, softened
  • ⅔ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3 large bananas, ripe and mashed
  • 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
  • 2 cups whole white wheat flour
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray a 9 x 5 loaf pan with non-stick spray.
  2. Mash bananas with a fork in a small bowl. Stir in lemon juice, set aside.
  3. Combine in a large bowl the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
  4. In a mixer, cream butter and sugar together until fluffy.
  5. Add the mashed bananas to creamed butter/sugar mixture, mix to combine.
  6. Add in the eggs and beat until combined.
  7. Slowly add the flour mixture and blend until incorporated.
  8. With the mixer on low, add the walnuts until combined.
  9. Pour batter into pan and bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes. Insert a toothpick to check for doneness. When it comes out clean take bread out of the oven and cool on a rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool.
Notes
Yield 1 loaf: 20 slices
Recipe by Pick Fresh Foods at https://pickfreshfoods.com/banana-walnut-bread/