This is great alternative to banana nut bread and not only tastes great, it smells super yummy too! If you love banana pudding, you will love this too!
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 cups all purpose flour
2 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
30 vanilla wafers, finely crushed
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
1/2 cup milk
1 cup chopped walnuts, divided
Beat butter in mixer at medium speed till creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time; beating after each one. Combine flour and next three ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with banana and milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix at low speed after each addition. Stir in 3/4 cup walnuts. Spoon batter into a greased and floured loaf pan. Sprinkle with remaining walnuts. Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes- 1 hour or till a toothpick comes out clean- loosely covering with foil after 45 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan and let cool completely on rack.
TIP OF THE DAY: When you have bananas that are overly ripe- instead of throwing them away, peel them and place them in a freezer bag and freeze them. When you get the urge to make banana bread or a banana cake, just take a bag out of the freezer and let it thaw in refrigerator!
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