Banana Bread

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INGREDIENTS

• 2cups sugar
• 8ounces butter, softened at room temperature (2 sticks)
• 1cup buttermilk
• 3large eggs
• 1teaspoon vanilla
• ¹⁄₂teaspoon salt
• 1 ¹⁄₂teaspoons baking powder
• 1 ¹⁄₂teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 3 cups flour
• 2 cups ripe bananas, mashed (about 5 medium)
• 1cup chopped pecans

• Only one cup sugar
• Replaced buttermilk with regular milk
• Replaced pecans with walnuts
• I did not add any vanilla

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Grease two 9 x 5 loaf pans.
3. Cream butter and sugar well.
4. Add buttermilk, eggs and vanilla and mix well.
5. Add instant pudding, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon, mixing well.
6. Slowly add flour, one cup at a time, until well mixed.
7. Peel bananas, mash and add to mixture.
8. Add pecans and mix until blended.
9. Pour batter into prepared pans and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.