Cream Cheese Banana Bread

Cream cheese banana bread recipe is moist and loaded with banana flavor. Uses simple ingredients and is impossible to resist, perfect for snack or dessert with a tall glass of milk or a hot cup of coffee.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword banana bread, loaf bread, quick bread

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 15

Servings loaves

Calories 311kcal

Author Wendie

Ingredients

12 tablespoons. butter softened
1 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon. baking powder
1/2 teaspoon. baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups mashed bananas 3 large bananas
1 cup walnuts

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 and spray two 8x5 loaf pans with cooking spray and place a piece of parchment paper inside.
in a large bowl beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs, beating just until blended after each addition.
in a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and mix until combined; gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended.
Fold in bananas, and walnuts, just until combined. Spoon batter into two 8x5 loaf pans.
Bake for 55-60 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean and the sides pull away from the pan, shielding with aluminum foil last 15 minutes to prevent browning, if necessary. Cool bread in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes.

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Notes

To quickly get the cream cheese to room temperature unwrap the foil and place it in a bowl and heat in the microwave for 15 seconds.

Use overripe bananas the browner the sweeter they are.

Mix the batter just until combined, do not overmix or your banana bread will be tough.

Bake in the center rack and tent with a piece of aluminum foil if it's starting to get too dark on top.

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