Favorite Banana Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 medium bananas, mashed
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup chopped pecans or 1 cup chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees, grease& flour 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
• 2 combine flour, baking soda, baking powder& salt in medium size bowl.
• 3 beat together butter and sugar until light colored, then beat in eggs, one at a time.
• 4 stir in vanilla, then stir in flour mixture, a little at a time with the banana& milk.
• 5 add 2/3 cup nuts, and pour batter into pan.
• 6 sprinkle remaining nuts on top.
• 7 bake for 1 hour& 20 minutes or until done (when a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean).
• 8 cool bread in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes.
• 9 loosen around the edges and cool completely on rack.
• 10 wrap tightly& store at room temperature.
• 11 tip: make sure the bananas are ripe, or the bread will be dry& crumbly.
• 12 the riper the bananas, the moister the bread.
• 13 bread is better the next day.
• 14 freezes well- up to 6 months.