Description
A easy quick bread, chocked full of walnuts
Ingredients
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- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1/4 cup applesauce, unsweetened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup (2 medium) mashed ripe bananas
- 1/4 cup buttermilk (or milk soured with 1 t. vinegar)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cupwhole wheat pastry flour
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 – 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350
- In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, applesauce, and sugar
- Beat in eggs one at a time
- Stir in banana, buttermilk, and vanilla
- Add dry ingredients and 1/2 c. nuts
- Stir just until well combined
- Pour into a 9 x 5 greased loaf pan
- Sprinkle remaining nuts on top of batter
- Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean
- Remove from pan and cool completely before slicing