Banana Spice Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 ripe bananas, well mashed
2 eggs, beaten until light
2 Tbsp. butter, melted
2 c. all-purpose flour
3/4 c. sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. salt (optional)
1/8 tsp. cloves, ground
1/2 c. pecans, chopped

Preparation

In medium bowl, mix together bananas, eggs and butter. Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and cloves. Add banana mixture; blend well. Stir in nuts. Place in greased loaf pan and bake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool 15 minutes. Remove from loaf pan. Cool completely before slicing.
Makes 1 loaf.