Banana Bread

Ingredients

3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup margarine or butter, softened
2 eggs
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
1/3 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup chopped nuts, if desired
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

Heat oven to 350. Grease bottom only of loaf pan. In large bowl, combine sugar and margarine; beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs, beat well. Add bananas, milk, and vanilla; blend well.
In small bowl, combine flour, nuts, baking soda and salt; mix well. Add to banana mixture; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Pour into greased pan.
Bake at 350 for 50-60 min or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 min; remove from pan. Cool 1 hour or until completely cooled. Wrap tightly and store in refrigerator.


Everybody has a favorite banana recipe, this is mine. I have never added nuts because Bryan doesn't like them. One trick I have learned is if the outside is down and the top middle is still a little mushy after about 55 min I turn the oven off and let the bread sit in there a few more min and that usually bakes it all the way through