Banana Pecan Honey Bread
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INGREDIENTS
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3 ripe bananas -- 1 1/2 cups mashed
  • 1/4 cup whole milk
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 stick butter -- softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup pecans -- toasted
DIRECTIONS
  1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 9" x 5"" loaf pan and line the bottom with parchment or waxed paper. Sift together 2 1/2 cups flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; set aside. In a small bowl, combine bananas, milk, honey and vanilla. Set aside.
  2. In the bowl of a mixer, beat butter and sugar at medium speed until fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Reduce speed to low and alternately add flour mixture and banana mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Beat just until blended. In a small bowl, combine nuts with remaining 1 Tbsp flour and mix well; add to batter. Pour into prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of bread comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes.
  3. Run a knife around inside rim of pan to remove bread, peel off paper from bottom, and cool completely on a wire rack.
RECIPE BACKSTORY
Source: "O, The Oprah Magazine"