Ingredients
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2 cups very ripe pureed bananas (approx. 6 bananas)
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2 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
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1/2 cup oil (if your prefer, you may sub. melted, unsalted butter)
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4 eggs
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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1 teaspoon cinnamon
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2 teaspoons baking soda
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1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
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1 cup Coca-Cola
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1 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- Spray two 9 X 5 inch loaf pans with non-stick cooking spray.
- Using your food processor, puree the bananas, then remove the puree to another bowl and set aside.
- No need to clean the work bowl of your food processor, just add together and blend well the sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla.
- Takes about 1 minute.
- Measure and mix together, in a separate bowl, all the dry ingredients except the nuts.
- Return banana puree to processor work bowl.
- Add dry ingredients and blend, pouring in the coca cola as mixture is blending together.
- Blend until smooth, about 1 minute.
- Blend in nuts by hand.
- Divide mixture between the two loaf pans.
- Place loaf pans on a baking sheet in the oven.
- Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes OR until loaves test done in the middle with a toothpick.
- Let cool about 10-15 minutes then turn loaves out of pans to finish cooling.
- These loaves keep well or can be frozen.