Special Banana Nut Bread

By Lorena_321

Ingredients

• Orange Glaze:
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 4)
• 1/2 t. vanilla extract
• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 t. baking powder
• 1/2 t. baking soda
• 1/2 t. salt
• 2 cups chopped pecans, divided
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 3 T. orange juice
• 1 t. grated orange peel

Preparation

Step 1

In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add bananas and vanilla; mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture. Fold in 1 cup pecans.
Transfer to two greased 8x4x2" loaf pans. Sprinkle with the remaining pecans. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 to 1 1/4 hours or do a toothpick test.
In a small bowl, whisk the glaze ingredients; drizzle over loaves. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.