Cream Cheese Banana Nut Bread

Breads

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— Clark Family Collection

Clark family recipe for Cream Cheese Banana Nut Bread.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 - 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 cups mashed bananas, 4 medium
• 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
• 1/2 tsp vanilla

Instructions

1. Beat butter and cream cheese until creamy.
2. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
3. Add eggs 1 at a time.
4. In a small bowl sift dry ingredients.
5. Add slowly to above mixture.
6. Stir in bananas and vanilla.
7. Bake in greased and floured loaf pans
8. Makes 2 loaves
9. TOPPING:
10. Prepare batter as directed and put in pans.
11. Stir together 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar, 1/2 cup chopped
12. nuts,1 TBS flour, 1 TBS melted butter and 1/8 tsp ground
13. cinnamon. Sprinkle over batter and bake on 350° for 1 hour