Pecan Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 11/2 cups of unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon (5 ml) baking powder
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 1/4 cups of mashed ripe bananas (3-4 bananas)
• 1/2 cup of vanilla greek yogurt
• 3/4 cup of sugar
• 1/4 cup of vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1/2 cup of pecans

Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Spray a 23 x 13-cm (9 x 5-inch) loaf pan (a 1.5-litre (6-cup) capacity pan) with baking spray.

In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

In another bowl, combine bananas, yogurt and baking soda. Set aside.

In a third bowl, combine sugar, egg, oil and vanilla. 

With a wooden spoon add banana mixture to egg mixture. Slowly add dry ingredients alternately with banana mixture. Add the pecans.

Pour into the bundt cake pan. Bake for about 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.