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Banana Nut Bread

Another recipe from my old Good Housekeeping Cookbook.

For the first 37 years we were married, Dick resisted these sweet quick breads--said they weren't sweet enough for cake and too sweet for bread. All of a sudden, he's decided they're OK. In fact, he's been known to look at browning bananas and suggest I make bread with them. Old dogs, new tricks, I guess.





List of Ingredients



• 1 3/4 cups sifted flour
  
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
  
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt AND 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (my addition)
  
• 1/3 cup soft butter
  
• 2/3 cup sugar
  
• 2 eggs
  
• 3 ripe bananas
  
• 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
  
• 1 cup raisins, floured (optional)
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a loaf pan.
   
2. Sift dry ingredients.
   
3. Thoroughly cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat until light and fluffy.
   
4. Blend flour mixture alternately with mashed bananas into butter-sugar mixture. Stir in nuts. Do not overbeat.
   
5. Turn into loaf pan. Bake 55 minutes or until knife inserted in loaf comes out clean. Let cool 10-15 minutes before removing from pan.