Creamy Banana Bread

Ingredients

  • ½ cup margarine, softened
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  • 1 ¼ cups white sugar
  • 2eggs
  • 1 cup mashed bananas
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¾ cup chopped pecans
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

    • Directions

  • Step 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8×4-inch loaf pans.

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  • Step 2

    Cream the margarine and cream cheese together. Gradually add the white sugar, and continue beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the mashed bananas and vanilla. Add flour, baking powder, and baking soda; mix until batter is just moist.

  • Step 3

    In a small bowl, mix together chopped pecans, 2 tablespoons brown sugar, and cinnamon.

  • Step 4

    Divide half the batter between the two prepared loaf pans. Sprinkle pecan mixture over the batter in the pans, and top with remaining batter.

  • Step 5

    Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of each loaf comes out clean, about 45 minutes.

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