Thanksgiving Banana Bread

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Banana Bread
Oven at 350 deg / grease a 9x5 pan (the picture is not in a 9x5, so that is why it spilled over..now gotta clean the oven!

You need: all purpose flour; baking powder; salt; baking soda; 1 stick butter; 3 eggs; salt;sugar (either brown and/or granulated);cinnamon;nutmeg;cloves (or ginger,allspice); chopped nuts; about 5 bananas total..

Combine:
2 1/3 c. all purpose flour / Gluten Free
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt

In a large bowl, cream:
1 stick butter.. softened
with 1 c. sugar...
then add 3 eggs. Mix well.

Mash 3 large bananas (ripe).. add to the butter mix.
Add: 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg (ground)
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
(if you don't have all these, ginger and allspice can be used as a sub)

Add: flour mixture.. little at a time. Mix well.

Fold in 1/2cup chopped nuts (toasting them first, gives a really nice flavor)

Pour mixture in 9 x 5 loaf pan.

Now......... this is from Brandon [on the other side] ---
make a mixture of brown sugar and/or granulated sugar and a lot of ground cinnamon.
Slice more bananas and cover the entire top of the loaf. Sprinkle liberally with the cinnamon/sugar mix.

Bake at 350 deg.... check at 45 min. When tester comes out clean, remove from oven (my loaf took almost a full hour).
Cool in pan for 10 min., turn out on a rack to finish cooling (put wax paper beneath the rack)
Enjoy!




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