Banana Bread

By JAmero4702

Ingredients

• 2 3/4 Cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tbs baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 ripe bananas, peeled and mashed, about 1 cup of mashed bananas
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
• 2 teaspoons grated orange peel

Details

Servings 8

Preparation

Step 1

Grease and flour 5x9x3 inch loaf pan. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. In a mixing bowl, cream butter or margarine with sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until fluffy. Stir in flour mixture alternately with mashed bananas.

Fold in pecans or walnuts and orange peel (may substitute 1 teaspoon of vanilla for orange peel). Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 325 degrees F. for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until golden and a wooden toothpick, when inserted in center, comes out clean, Cool in pan 10 minutes, turn banana bread out onto a rack to cool completely. Make this banana bread a day ahead of time for best flavor.