Prize Winning Banana Nut Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups sugar
3 medium ripe bananas
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
2 eggs, separated
1 cup chopped pecans or 1 cup walnuts
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 cup butter, only real butter
1/4 cup milk

Preparation

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
Whip egg whites to stiff peaks and set aside.
In mixer, cream butter and sugar; add egg yolks, soda, milk, and vanilla.
Slowly add flour until well mixed.
Add bananas and mix well.
Stir in nuts.
Hand fold in whipped egg whites.
Fill 2 oiled Med. size loaf pans only half full.
Or 1 bunt pan with a tube.
Bake at 300* for 1 hour, or until toothpick comes out clean.
After 10 minutes turn onto a rack to cool.
***Cool completely on wire rack before wrapping***.
Refrigerate after cooled.