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The Best Banana Bread Ever




Source of Recipe


rc-marloah


List of Ingredients







5 tbs. butter
½ granulated sugar
½ firmly packed light brown sugar
1 large egg
2 egg whites
1 tsp. vanilla
1¾ cups mashed bananas, very ripe-about 3 bananas
1¾ cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. baking powder
½ heavy cream ( in the milk section)
1/3 cup chopped walnuts

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Recipe



Preheat oven to 350º.
Spray bottom only of 9x5x3 inch loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
Beat butter in large bowl with electric mixer set at medium speed until light and fluffy.
Add granulated sugar, and brown sugar, beat well.
Add egg, egg whites and vanilla; beating until well blended.
Add mashed bananas and beat on high speed for 30 seconds.
Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder in medium bowl.
Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with cream, ending with flour mixture.
Add walnuts to batter and mix well.
Pour batter evenly into prepared loaf pan.
Bake until browned and toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.(About 1 hour & 15 minutes.
Cool bread in pan on wire rack 10 minutes.
Remove bread from pan, cool completely on wire rack .
Slice and serve ...

I make these for gifts in 3 little loaf pans. After they have cooled , I wrap them in plastic wrap