Adventures in Married Life

Nana's Banana Bread 

Ingredients

• 5 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups mashed, very ripe bananas
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1/3 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

• 1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom only of 9x5x3-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• 2 Beat butter in large bowl on medium speed of electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add granulated sugar and brown sugar; beat well. Add egg, egg whites and vanilla; beat until well blended. Add bananas, and beat on high speed 30 seconds.
• 3 Combine flour, baking soda, salt and baking powder in medium bowl. Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with cream, ending with flour mixture. Add walnuts; mix well.
• 4 Pour batter evenly into prepared loaf pan. Bake about 1 hour 15 minutes or until browned and toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
• 5 Cool bread in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove bread from pan; cool completely on wire rack.