Butterscotch Banana Bread

3 1/2 cups flour

4 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups mashed ripe bananas

1 1/2 cups sugar

1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted

2 eggs

1/2 cup milk

2 2/3 cups chopped pecans

1 (12-oz.) package butterscotch morsels

Preheat oven to 350°.  Generously grease and flour 2 (8×4-inch or 9×5-inch) loaf pans.  In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.  In a large bowl, beat bananas, sugar, butter and eggs until mixture is creamy.  Add flour mixture alternately with milk, beating only enough to blend. Stir in 2 cups of pecans and butterscotch morsels.  Spoon batter into prepared pans. Sprinkle with remaining 2/3 cup of pecans. Bake in preheated oven about 60 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean.  Check after 35 to 40 minutes of baking. Cover tops with foil if loaves are browning too quickly. Cool in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes. Remove from pans and cool completely on wire rack before slicing.

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