Banana Nut Bread

Everyone needs a standard Banana Bread recipe.  This is a winner from Hawaii.

 

2 cups sifted flour

2½ teaspoons baking powder

¼ teaspoon baking soda

¼ teaspoon  salt

1 cup mashed ripe bananas

½ cup sweet butter

¾ cup white sugar

2 large eggs

2 ounces chopped unsalted macadamia nuts

• Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. 
• Mash bananas to a pulp with a fork. 
• In a medium size bowl in a mixer, at medium speed, cream butter. 
• Add sugar and beat until light yellow. 
• Add eggs one at a time and beat until thoroughly blended.
• With mixer on lowest speed, add 1/3 of sifted ingredients to creamed mixture, then half of the banana pulp, blending well after each addition, and repeat till all ingredients have been incorporated. 
• Fold in the nuts. 
• Pour into buttered loaf pan (9 inches x 5 inches) and bake in 350º Fahrenheit (177º Centigrade) oven for 50 minutes. 
• Let cool in pan.
• Turn out and slice. Serve warm or cold.