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