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Mary's Easy Banana Nut Bread

This bread uses boxed cake mix and pudding to create a wonderful and moist bread.
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Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 box yellow cake mix
  • 1 package 4 serving size instant banana cream pudding
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 ripe bananas mashed
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Method
 

  1. In a mixing bowl, mix all ingredients (except the nuts) well.
  2. Fold in the nuts to distribute, and pour into 2 greased, regular sized, loaf pans. If you want, you can use a cupcake/muffin pan, or other sized loaf pans, but make sure you adjust baking time accordingly.
  3. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 40-45 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Notes

*For a pumpkin bread variation, substitute 1 1/2 cups of 100% canned pumpkin for the bananas, and also add 1 1/2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice .  Also, use a French vanilla or vanilla pudding instead of banana.
*You can add 2 teaspoons of cinnamon to your banana nut bread for a slight cinnamon flavor.
*If you don't have banana pudding, you can also use vanilla or French vanilla.  If you do this, add a third mashed banana for extra banana flavor.
*If you use something smaller than two regular loaf pans, start checking the breads texture with a toothpick at around 25 minutes.