Banana Pudding Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 30 vanilla wafers, finely crushed
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup chopped walnuts, divided

Recipe

• 1 beat butter in mixer at medium speed till creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well. add eggs, one at a time; beating after each one.
• 2 combine flour, baking powder, salt, and vanilla wafers; add to creamed mixture alternately with banana and milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• 3 mix at low speed after each addition.
• 4 stir in 3/4 cup walnuts.
• 5 spoon batter into a greased and floured loaf pan.
• 6 sprinkle with remaining walnuts.
• 7 bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes- 1 hour or till a toothpick comes out clean- loosely covering with foil after 45 minutes.
• 8 let cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan and let cool completely on rack.