Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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     1/2           cup  butter or margarine -- softened
     3/4           cup  sugar
  2              large  eggs
  2               cups  all-purpose flour
  2          teaspoons  baking powder
     1/2      teaspoon  salt
  30                    vanilla wafers -- finely crushed
  1                cup  mashed bananas
     1/2           cup  milk
  1                cup  chopped walnuts -- divided

Preparation:

Beat butter at medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with banana and milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix at low speed after each addition. Stir in 3/4 cup walnuts. Spoon batter into a greased and floured 9x5x3-inch loafpan. Sprinkle with remaining walnuts. Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes to 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, loosely covering with foil after 45 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan, and let cool completely on wire rack.

Nutritional Information:

4332 Calories (kcal); 214g Total Fat; (43% calories from fat); 82g Protein; 545g Carbohydrate; 639mg Cholesterol; 3709mg Sodium