Banana Bread

Easy to make banana bread makes two loaves, one to eat now and one to share or freeze. Recipe source: Bon Appetit (December, 1986).

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Yields: 2 loaves

Ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup butter or 3⁄4 cup margarine, room temperature
• 1  cup sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 2  eggs, beaten
• 1  cup whole wheat flour
• 1  cup white flour
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1⁄2 cup walnuts (optional)
• 1 1⁄2 cups  mashed bananas

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325-degrees F.
2. Spray 2 loaf pans (4x8) with cooking spray or grease pans with butter.
3. Cream butter with sugar and salt in mixing bowl.
4. Add next 6 ingredients (eggs- cloves) and mix well.
5. Stir in nuts (if using) and bananas.
6. Pour into the two prepared loaf pans.
7. Bake for 1 hour- 1 hour ten minutes or until toothpick comes clean when inserted in middle of loaves.