BANANA NUT BREAD 
2 ripe medium-sized bananas, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 c. chopped pecans or walnuts
1 3/4 c. all-purpose flour
2/3 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter at room temperature, cut into 8 pieces
1/3 c. milk
2 eggs
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease loaf pan. Fit food processor with steel blade. Place bananas and lemon juice in work bowl. Process until bananas are mashed, about 5 seconds. Add 1/4 cup nuts and all remaining ingredients to banana mixture. Process on/off 10-12 times or just until flour is moistened. DO NOT OVERPROCESS. Batter should be lumpy.

Pour batter into greased loaf pan. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup nuts over batter. Bake 55-65 minutes. Cool bread 15 minutes in pan. Remove from pan and cool on wire rack.

 

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