BANANA NUT BREAD

I whipped up my dad’s favorite dessert Banana Nut Bread. He has a sweet tooth for any dessert, but Banana Nut Bread is his top favorite. When I first started baking this was the first dessert that I baked and he was the first person to try it. Of course, this dessert was DAD APPROVED! Banana Nut Bread is very moist, sweet, and has a really nice banana flavor.

INGREDIENTS

1 Cream Cheese (8 oz) (softened) *room temperature

1 cup White Sugar

¼ cup Margarine (softened) *room temperature

1 cup Mashed ripe bananas Note: Use 3 or 4 ripe bananas to make bread extra moist (optional)

2 eggs

2 ¼ cups All-Purpose Flour (Plain Flour)

1 ½ tsp Baking Powder

½ tsp Baking Soda

1 cup chopped nuts (Preferred Walnuts or Pecan) (optional)

DIRECTIONS

1. Combine cream cheese, sugar, and margarine mix until blended well.

2. Add bananas and eggs to the mixture.

3. Add remaining ingredients (flour, baking powder, and baking soda) Note: Use a cake mixer to combine all ingredients before adding chopped nuts.

4. Pour mixture into a 9×5 inch loaf pan. It has to be greased and floured (Use a little bit of butter and flour to grease the entire pan).

5. Bake at 350 degrees it should take 1 hr and 10 mins to bake. You can use a wooden pick and insert it near the center until the pick comes out clean.

6. After the bread is done baking set it aside to cool for 5 mins. Remove from pan and slice banana bread for serving.