Black Forest Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 1 cup Mashed
• ripe bananas (about 2 large)
• 1 10oz. Jar of maraschino cherries
• 1 3/4 cup flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2/3 cup Packed brown sugar
• 1/3 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup Semi sweet chocolate chips
• 1 chopped nuts(optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 lightly spray 9x5 inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
2. Peel and mashed banana.
3. Drain cherries, reserving 2 tablespoons of juice.
4. Coarsely chop cherries
5. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in medium bowl.
6. Beat brown sugar and butter in large bowl until creamy.
7. Mix in bananas, eggs, and reserved cherry juice until well blended
8. Stir in flour mixture, chopped cherries, chocolate chips and nuts until blended pour into loaf pan
9. Bake 1 hour or until golden brown.
10. Cool for 10 minutes