Cream Cheese Banana Bread
Densely textured, lightly spiced,nutty with the distinct flavor of delicious banana.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 60 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 mins
- Yield: 32 slices 1x
- Category: Bread
Ingredients
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- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups mashed bananas, about four medium bananas
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour two 8 by 4 inch loaf pans.
- in large mixing bowl beat butter and cream cheese until well mixed and creamy. Gradually add sugar,beating until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating after each one.
- Mash bananas with a fork in a two cup measure and add to cream cheese mixture. Add vanilla.
- in a medium bowl combine dry ingredients. Gradually add flour mixture to the to the cream cheese mixture while beating at low speed until ingredients are just combined.
- Stir in pecans by hand.
- Divide batter evenly between the two prepared loaf pans.
- Bake at 350 for 50 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and edges of bread have pulled away from the side of the pan slightly.
- Cool bread in pan on wire rack for about 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool for 2-3 hours before slicing.