Banana Nut Bread

By á-2716

Calls for cream cheese, really moist.

Ingredients

• Orange Glaze:
• 3/4 C. Butter, softened
• 1 package (8 Oz.) Cream Cheese, softened
• 2 C. Sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 1 1/2 C. mashed ripe Bananas
• 1/2 Tea. Vanilla Extract
• 3 C. Flour
• 1/2 Tea. Baking Powder
• 1/2 Tea. Baking Soda
• 1/2 Tea. Salt
• 2 C. chopped Nuts
• 1 C. Confectioner's Sugar
• 3 Tbl. Orange Juice

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 350.

Toast the nuts first, then chop.

Cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the bananas and vanilla. Combine the dry ingredients, gradually add to creamed mixture. Fold in 1 C. of nuts.

Transfer to greased loaf pans. Sprinkle with remaining toasted chop nuts.

Bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, big loaf pans or 1 hour for small loaf pans

Drizzle glaze over loafs.