Favorite Banana Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour or 2 3/4 cups freshly ground soft wheat flour or 2 3/4 cups oat flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup chopped nuts

Recipe

• 1 combine cream cheese, sugar and margarine, mixing until well blended.
• 2 blend in banana and eggs. add combined remaining ingredients, mixing just until moistened. pour into greased and floured 9x5 loaf pan.
• 3 bake at 350*, 1 hours and 10 min., or until wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. cool 5 min.; remove from pan. serve with additional cream cheese, if desired.