Orange Zest Banana Bread

Name: Orange Zest Banana Bread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 80 min
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 cup butter or margarine; 1 cup sugar; 3 large eggs; 1 cup mashed banana, about 2 ripe bananas; 3/4 cup chopped pecans or walnuts; 2 teaspoons orange zest, or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

A classic banana bread, customizable with chopped pecans or walnuts and flavored with either orange zest or vanilla.

⭐ 4.1 (13 reviews) Prep: 15 minCook: 80 minTotal: 105 minYields: 12 servings

Category Tags:

Breakfast Brunch Dessert Snack Bread

Cuisine Tags:

American

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 325 F and grease and flour a 5x9x3-inch loaf pan.
Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
Beat butter with sugar for 2 to 3 minutes until fluffy, then beat in eggs one at a time.
Alternate stirring the sifted flour mixture and mashed bananas into the wet ingredients.
Fold in pecans or walnuts and orange zest or vanilla.
Pour batter into the prepared pan and bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.

Nutritional Info (per serving)

Calories: 319 kcal

Carbohydrate: 44 g

Cholesterol: 67 mg

Fiber: 2 g

Protein: 5 g

Saturated Fat: 6 g

Sodium: 404 mg

Sugar: 19 g

Fat: 14 g

Unsaturated Fat: 0 g