cream Cheese Banana-Nut Bread

CREAM CHEESE BANANA-NUT BREAD
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¾ cup butter, softened
1 (8-ounce) softened cream cheese
2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups mashed bananas[about 4 medium]
1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
½ teaspoon vanilla
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Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended. Stir in bananas, pecans and vanilla. Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured 8 X 4 inch loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean and sides pull away from pan, shielding with aluminum foil last 15 minutes to prevent browning, if necessary. Cool bread in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Remove from pans and cool.
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OR Spoon batter into 24 paper-lined muffin cups. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
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To make them a little different . . .
Stir together:
1 cup powdered sugar
3 tablespoons fresh orange juice
1 teaspoon grated orange rind until blended.
Drizzle evenly over warm bread and cool 30 minutes on wire racks before slicing.