Sunday, September 28, 2008

Creamy Banana Bread


Ingredients
1/2 cup margarine, softened
1 (8 ounce) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 1/4 cups white sugar
2 eggs
1 cup mashed bananas
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
1 1/2 tsps baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup chopped pecans
2 tbsp brown sugar
2 tsps ground cinnamon
Cream the butter or margarine and cream cheese together. Gradually add the white sugar, and continue beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the mashed bananas and vanilla. Add flour, baking powder, and soda; mix until batter is just moist.
In a small bowl, mix together chopped pecans, 2 tbsp brown sugar, and cinnamon.
Divide 1/2 batter into 2 greased loaf pans. Sprinkle pecan mixture over batter in pans, and top with remaining batter.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean!

1 comment:

Sara said...

This recipe makes 5 mini loaves - which you bake for 35 minutes in the 350 degree oven. I have also tried it with fat-free cream cheese and could not tell the difference :)