Christmas Banana Bread

By urbcindy

Ingredients

• 1/2 C butter or margarine, softened
• 1 C sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 C flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/4 C mashed ripe bananas (about 3 medium)
• 1/2 C chopped nuts
• 1/4 C chopped maraschino cherries
• (1/2 C semisweet chocolate chips - I would use less or even none - this many overpowered the banana-cherry taste)

Preparation

Step 1

1. Cream butter and sugar; add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition
2. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt and add gradually
3. Add bananas just until combined; stir in cherries, nuts and chocolate chips
4. Pour into sprayed loaf pan and bake at 350° for 70 - 80 min until pick comes clean; cool 10 min before removing from pan.