Buttermilk Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 1.5 tsp baking soda 
• 1 cup fully bananas ripe mashed ( 3)
• 0.8 cup buttermilk 
• 2  eggs 
• 2 cups flour 
• 0.5 cup philadelphia 1/3 less fat than cream cheese ()
• 0.8 cup granular no-calorie sweetener 
• 0.5 tsp salt 
• 0.3 cup planters walnuts chopped

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• wire rack
• blender
• loaf pan
• toothpicks

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350F.
2. Mix first 3 ingredients; set aside. Beat reduced-fat cream cheese and sweetener in large bowl with mixer until blended. Gradually beat in buttermilk.
3. Add bananas and eggs; mix well. Gradually beat in flour mixture just until blended. Stir in nuts.
4. Pour into greased and floured 9x5-inch loaf pan.
5. Bake 40 to 45 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 min.; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely.