Corrie Hill's Banana Nut Bread

 Corrie hill’s banana nut bread

½ cup butter soften

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 ½ cup pureed banana (apx 4 medium)

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

¼ teaspoon salt

1 cup chopped pecans

Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add pureed bananas, and mix until smooth.

Combine flour, soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in pecans.

Pour batter into 2 greased 7 ½  X 3 X 2 inch loaf pans. Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes; reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake an additional 40 minutes or until a  wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks. 

Yield: 2 loaves