bangin' banana bread

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs, at room temperature
• 2 1/2 cups pureed ripe bananas
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped macadamia nuts

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ready Time: 1 hr 25 mins


• preheat an oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• in a mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar together with an electric mixer until thoroughly blended. beat in the eggs, one at a time, and add the bananas, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and vanilla extract. stir in the flour by hand until barely combined, and gently fold the macadamia nuts into the batter.
• pour the batter into the prepared pan, and bake on the oven's middle shelf until a toothpick or cake tester inserted in the middle of the loaf comes out clean, 60 to 65 minutes.
• remove from oven, and let the loaf rest for 10 minutes before turning out from the pan.