Spiced Banana Bread

Add a touch of warm spice to this staple recipe! Amoretti® Natural Spice Extract added the perfect touch of cozy nutmeg, cinnamon, clove, ginger and subtle pepper to this irresistible banana bread.

Ingredients

• 3 cup + 5 tbsp. all purpose flour
• 1¾ tsp baking soda
• ¾ tsp. salt
• 5 bananas, very ripe
• 1½ cups (3 sticks) butter, softened
• 2 cups brown sugar
• ¾ cup sugar
• 5 eggs
• ½ tsp Amoretti® Vanilla Madagascar Bourbon Water Soluble 2X
• 2 tsp Amoretti® Natural Spice Extract
• 5 tbsp. buttermilk
• 1 tbsp. spiced rum
• 1 cup walnuts

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325°F.
2. Sift all dry ingredients and set aside.
3. In a food processor, purée bananas.
4. Cream butter and sugars.
5. Add eggs one at a time, scraping bowl after mixing each one.
6. Add bananas to butter/sugar mixture, scraping bowl after mixing.
7. Add Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla and Spice Extract.
8. Alternate adding the dry ingredients with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
9. Fold in walnuts.
10. Pour into 2 sprayed and floured loaf pans.
11. Bake for approximately 45 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.
12. Let cool for 30 minutes before cutting or wrapping and chilling.
13. The bread can be kept wrapped and chilled for 5 days or frozen for up to 4 weeks.