Dorothy’s Banana Nut Bread

(from cokerlj’s recipe box)

Dorothy likes the 3×6 inch pans…they are the right size to wrap in pretty colored plastic wrap, tied with ribbon and given as gifts.

Source: Vasek Family Cookbook, Dorothy Vasek Lloyd

Categories: Breads, Cakes, Gifts

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 sticks margarine, softened
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups mashed bananas (about 3 large)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 3/4 cups flour unsifted
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees and grease bread pans. (Makes 1 – 9×5 inch loaf pan OR 4 – 3×6 inch pans OR bundt pan)

  2. In a mixing bowl, combine the margarine, sugar and eggs and beat until mixture is smooth and fluffy and creamy.

  3. Add all of the remaining ingredients and stir with a spoon until well blended.

  4. Put mixture into which ever pan you have chosen.

  5. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/4 hours for bread pan or approximately 1 hour for smaller pans.

  6. Test doneness by inserting toothpick in center.

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