Going Nutty for Banana Bread

What You Need:

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 large eggs
• 2-3 ripe bananas
• 1/4 cup plain yogurt
• 1 teaspooon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

 Directions:

Preheat Oven to 325 degrees F.  Butter a loaf pan - 9 x 5 x 3".

Cream the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy.  Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

In a small bowl, mash the bananas.  Mix in the yogurt and cinnamon and vanilla. 

In another bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

Add the banana mixture to the creamed mixture and stir until combined.  Add dry ingredients, mixing just until flour disappears.

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake approximately 1 hour, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.  Set aside to cool on a rack for 15 minutes.  Remove bread from pan, invert onto rack and cool completely before slicing. 

Gather the ingredients

Peel the bananas

Mash the bananas

and set aside

In another bowl, cream sugar and butter

Add Eggs to creamed mixture, one at a time, mix well and set aside

To the banana mixture, add yogurt, cinnamon and vanilla and mix well

Add the banana mixture to the creamed sugar/butter/egg mixture and stir til combined

Mix by hand til well combined

Measure dry ingedients and mix well

Mix well all dry ingredients

Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture

Once it's all mixed, add the walnuts

Stir til combined

Put into a greased loaf pan, bake 325 degrees F for approximately 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

For an extra yummy factor, top with softened butter.  Yummy!