Banana-Nut Bread

Adapted from All Recipes.com – Banana Banana Bread

• 2 cups of all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup of room temperature, unsalted, butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 1/3 cups mashed overripe bananas
• 1 cup of chopped mixed nuts (I used a combination of cashews, almonds, hazelnuts and pecans)

Preheat the oven 350 degrees F. and grease a 9×5 loaf pan.

In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt and nuts. In the bowl of a mixer cream butter and sugar. Add the eggs and mashed bananas and mix thoroughly. Create a well in the flour mixture and stir banana mixture into it until the dry ingredients are just moistened.

Bake the banana loaf for 60 – 65 minutes, rotate the pan half way through baking. Let the bread cool for ten minutes before turning out onto a wire rack.

Additionally, you can create a crunchy nut topping for your loaf by combining a 2 tbsp of granola, 2 tbsp of chopped nuts, 1 tbsp of butter and 1 tbsp brown sugar, and sprinkling it on the top of the loaf before baking.

Enjoy!