Banana Bread Recipe

I didn’t mean to leave you hanging. Here is my favorite banana bread recipe.

1 1/4 cup sugar
1 stick butter, softened
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups mashed ripe banana (3 or 4 medium sized bananas)
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup chopped walnuts, if desired

Preheat oven to 350 (325 if using dark nonstick pans). Grease BOTTOMS ONLY of two 8 inch loaf pans with shortening or cooking spray.

Mix sugar and butter (best to use mixer for this step to get it really smooth) in a large bowl. Stir in eggs until well blended. Add bananas, buttermilk and vanilla. Beat very well - may still be lumps of banana.

In a separate bowl, mix flour, salt and baking soda .

Add dry ingredients to the banana mixture and mix it as little as possible, just until the dry ingredients are moistened. Add nuts if using.  The more you mix, the less the bread will rise, so be gentle!

Pour into pans and bake approximately one hour.

If you used darker pans, you definitely want to check it at about 45 minutes. Bread is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Don’t be afraid to check it if looks done - you want make it fall by checking too often, but overbaking will lead to a tough crust.

Hope you enjoy!

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