Cream Cheese Banana Nut Bread
Help is on the way for your day-old bananas! Combined with cream cheese and toasted walnuts, this bread will be a favorite for you and your family!
Equipment
- Stand mixer
- Sifter
- Wire rack
- Bread pan
- Muffin pan
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups walnuts roughly chopped & toasted
- 3/4 cup butter softened
- 8 oz cream cheese (1 block)
- 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 large eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 bananas medium-sized, mashed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and grease two bread loaf pans.
- Toast the walnuts in a dry skillet over medium heat until fragrant, about 3-5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
- Put butter and cream cheese in a mixing bowl and mix until blended and creamy.
- Add the sugars and continue to beat.
- Blend in vanilla. Then add 2 eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
- In a separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add to the wet ingredients and mix on low speed until well blended.
- Fold in mashed bananas and walnuts.
- Divide evenly into pans. Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool bread on wire rack for 15 minutes in their pans, then remove from pans and allow to cool.
