Banana Bread

Ingredients

5 tablespoons butter

½ cup granulated sugar

½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar

1 large egg

2 egg whites

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1½ cups mashed, very ripe bananas

1¾ cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon baking powder

½ cup heavy cream

⅓ cup chopped walnuts

Directions

1. Preheat oven to -350°F. Spray bottom only of 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.

2. Beat butter in large mixer set at medium speed until light and fuffy. Add granulated sugar and brown sugar; beat well. Add egg, egg whites and vanilla; beat until well blended. Add mashed banana, and beat on high speed 30 seconds.

3. Combine flour and baking powder in medium bowl. Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with cream, ending with flour mixture. Add walnuts to batter; mix well.

4. Pour batter evenly into prepared loaf pan. Bake until browned and toothpick inserted near center comes out clean, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Cool bread in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove bread from pan; cool completely on wire rack. Slice and serve with butter and jam.