Cream Cheese Banana Nut Bread

If there's one thing my sister and I share... It's a love for cooking and trying new things in the kitchen! She lives in Houston so we don't get to share these moments too often, but when we do we have the best time. Just a few weeks ago I went to Houston for a visit and we made a variety of things- one being this cream cheese banana nut bread. This was really easy and so yummy! We saw the original recipe on Pinterest and it made 2 loaves. We cut the recipe in half to just make one loaf. The full recipe is listed below. Try this! It won't let you down!

Love you, Steph! I can't wait for my next visit and I'm looking forward to some more cooking adventures with you! xo

Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup of butter, softened
- 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups of sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 3 cups of flour
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 1/2 cups of mashed bananas (about 4 medium bananas)
- 1 cup of roughly chopped pecans
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Directions:
Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
Combine flour and next three ingredients; gradually add to butter mixture, beating at a low speed just until blended. Stir in bananas, pecans, and vanilla. Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured 8x4 inch loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Voila!

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