Perfect Banana Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup pecan halves
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (i use a little more)
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 pinch clove
• 1 1/2 cups very ripe bananas, mashed
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (please use pure)
• 1/2 cup butter (please use the real thing)
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 3 large eggs, room temperature

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f.
• 2 grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• 3 pulse pecans in food processor until coarsely chopped. (can do by hand).
• 4 whisk together flour, baking powder,baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg and cloves in a medium bowl.
• 5 combine bananas, buttermilk and vanilla in another bowl.
• 6 beat butter and sugars in a large mixer bowl at medium-high speed until well combined, about 3 minutes. add eggs, one at a time, beating 30 seconds with each addition. reduce speed, and beat in half of the flour mixture, just until combined. repeat with remaining flour and banana mixtures. fold in nuts.
• 7 scrape batter evenly into the prepared pan. bake 70 to 72 minutes, until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center comes out almost clean. cool 5 minutes. loosen sides of pan; unmold onto a wire rack. cool completely.