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Nutty Banana Bread Squares

Nutty Banana Bread Squares

1/4 cup salter butter, melted

1 cup granulated sugar

1 large whole egg

2 large egg whites

2 cups all-purpose, unbleached flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar

1/4 teaspoon salt

4 large, very-ripe bananas

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/3 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat over to 350 degrees.Grease and flour a 9x13 baking pan.

In a large mixing bowl, beat well with an electric mixer the melted butter and sugar. Add the egg and egg whites; beat on high speed for one minute.In a separate bowl, sift together with a sifter or through a fine mesh strainer the flour, baking soda, cream of tarter and salt. Gently add the sifted dry ingredients to the butter-sugar mixture. Beat the batter on low speed, just until mixed.

Peel bananas and mash them with a potato masher in the empty bowl the flour mixture was in. Measure the vanilla extract and stir it into the mashed bananas. Pour the mashed banana mixture into the batter.

Beat until just mixed.

Pour the batter into the greased and floured baking pan,

Sprinkle walnuts all over the top of the batter.

Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the top is golden brown and bread springs back. Let cool on cooling rack. Once cool, cut into 20 squares.