Recipe: Honey-Banana Bread (using butter and pecans)

HONEY-BANANA BREAD

1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
3/4 cup honey
2 large eggs
1 cup mashed ripe banana
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped pecans, toasted

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan.

Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer in a large mixing bowl; add honey, beating well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition. Add banana, and mix well.

Combine flour, baking soda, and salt; stir in pecans. Add to butter mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Spoon batter into prepared loaf pan.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 50 to 55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Shield with aluminum foil, if necessary. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan, and cool completely on wire rack.

Makes 1 Loaf
Source: Southern Living magazine