Best Banana Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 tablespoons butter, room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup whole wheat flour
3 large ripe bananas, mashed
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
3 tablespoons chopped walnuts

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease 9X5X3\" pan.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs one at a time and beat well after each addition.
In a separate bowl, sift all purpose flour, baking soda, salt, whole wheat flour. Add to creamed mixture. Mix well.
Fold in bananas, vanilla and 1/2 cup walnuts.
Pour mixture into pan. Sprinkle 3 T. walnuts evenly on top of batter in pan.
Bake 50-60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean from center. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan. Remove to cool on a rack remaining time.