Name: Cream Cheese Banana Bread
Ingredients: 1½ sticks unsalted butter, softened ((this is 3/4 cup)); 8 oz cream cheese ((full fat "block" of cream cheese rather than low fat or in a carton)); 2 cups sugar; 2 large eggs; 3 cups all purpose flour; ½ teaspoon baking powder; ½ teaspoon baking soda; ½ teaspoon salt; 1½ cups mashed, ripened bananas; 1 cup chopped pecans; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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This delicious Cream Cheese Banana Bread recipe is so moist, flavorful, and simple to make! If you are looking for a great go-to recipe for banana bread, look no further!

Sliced Cream Cheese Banana Bread on a Plate.

This moist banana bread is flavored with ripened bananas, chopped pecans, vanilla extract, and has added richness from butter and cream cheese. Keep this moist recipe in mind for the next time you’re craving a slice of banana bread.

How to Make Cream Cheese Banana Bread

You can find our full recipe further down in this post. Here is a quick look at our steps!

Using an electric mixer (we used handheld), mix butter, cream cheese, and vanilla at medium speed until creamy.
Next, add the sugar gradually, beat until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, mixing after each addition until just blended.
Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add to the butter mixture, mixing at low speed just until blended. Finally, stir in the mashed bananas and pecans.

Folding the chopped pecans and mashed bananas into the banana bread batter.

Scoop the batter into the two prepared loaf pans and bake at 350℉ for one hour or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with just a few moist crumbs attached.

*We loosely cover with aluminum foil for the last 15 minutes of baking to prevent over-browning.
Allow the freshly baked loaves to cool, still in pans, on a wire rack for 10 minutes before turning out.

Cream Cheese Banana Bread, sliced, on a plate.

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Cream Cheese Banana Bread

Melissa and BeBe

This moist and flavorful Cream Cheese Banana Bread is so delicious and simple to make.

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Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings

Ingredients

1½ sticks unsalted butter, softened (this is 3/4 cup)
8 oz cream cheese (full fat "block" of cream cheese rather than low fat or in a carton)
2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
3 cups all purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1½ cups mashed, ripened bananas
1 cup chopped pecans
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Using an electric mixer (we used handheld), mix butter, cream cheese, and vanilla at medium speed until creamy.
Next, add the sugar gradually, beat until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, mixing after each addition until just blended.
Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add to the butter mixture, mixing at low speed just until blended. Finally, stir in the mashed bananas and pecans.
Scoop the batter into the two prepared loaf pans and bake at 350℉ for one hour or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with just a few moist crumbs attached.
*We loosely cover with aluminum foil for the last 15 minutes of baking to prevent over-browning.
Allow the freshly baked loaves to cool, still in pans, on a wire rack for 10 minutes before turning out.