Banana Butterscotch Bread

What do you do with your bananas when they look like this? Do you throw them out? Don't do it! I have to admit, I have never been a fan of banana bread. I'm not even that crazy about bananas. However, the more I try them in different things, the more they have grown on me. Besides that, I don't have money to throw away on food that gets wasted!

I made two batches. One batch was in two loaves, but they were both rather short. Kind of like when you buy muffin tops, except they were like loaf tops. The second batch I made into muffins (used the whole mix to make 12 muffins). I really liked how the muffins turned out and they were easy to grab on the go.

Banana Butterscotch Bread

1/2 C. butter

3/4 C. sugar

1 egg, large

3 bananas, ripe

2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

3/4 tsp. cinnamon

1/8 tsp. nutmeg

1/2 to 3/4 cup butterscotch morsels

1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Grease or spray two loaf pans. Cream butter, egg, and sugar. Add mashed ripe bananas. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Add to creamed mixture, blend. Add butterscotch morsels and nuts by folding in gently. Pour into pans, bake at 350 for 25-28 minutes.

The recipe is from this cookbook. It's from a place called The National Pike Inn in New Market, MD.

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