Banana Nut Bread

Ingredients

• •2 cups all-purpose flour
• •1 tsp baking soda
• •¼ tsp salt
• •½ cup butter
• •⅔ cup granulated sugar
• •2 Tbsp brown sugar
• •1 tsp vanilla extract
• •2 large eggs
• •2 cups bananas
• •½ cup walnuts
• •vegetable shortening

Method

Adapted from maplewoodroad.com

1. 1Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. 2Mash bananas in a small bowl using a fork until they’re pretty smooth.
3. 3In a large bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, and salt. Just stir it all together with a spoon until everything is well mixed.
4. 4Using a KitchenAid stand mixer or a handheld electric mixer, mix butter, sugars, and vanilla.
5. 5With mixer still turning, add eggs one at a time.
6. 6Add bananas.
7. 7Again, with mixer turning, add dry ingredients to wet.
8. 8Mix just until everything is moist. Do not overmix the batter. We want to keep it light and fluffy.
9. 9Pour batter into a greased 9 x 5 loaf pan.
10. 10Bake for 60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out mostly clean.
11. 11As soon as a toothpick is mostly clean, take it out of the oven immediately. If overbaked, it can quickly become dense and heavy.
12. 12Flip the bread out of the loaf pan onto a cooling rack and let cool slightly before serving.