Banana Bread

Seriously, is there anything better than the smell of banana bread baking? Yum. This is definitely a favorite treat of mine. It's my moms recipe which probably means it came from my grandmother and it is delish, and actually quite easy to make. Whenever I have bananas that are overripe I freeze them and then when I collect enough for a few loaves I make banana bread or frosted banana bars.

by Chelsey

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Makes one loaf, recipe can be doubled or tripled for additional loaves:

1 c sugar

1/2 c butter or margarine

3 large, very ripe bananas (mashed)

2 beaten eggs

2 c flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp vanilla

Make sure the bananas and butter are at room temperature. Then cream together the sugar, butter, and bananas. In a separate bowl stir together the dry ingredients flour, soda, and baking powder. Mix in the eggs to the creamed mixture and then gradually add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture. Mix in the vanilla. Pour batter into a well greased medium sized loaf pan. Leave at least 1/2 inch space at the top. Bake in a preheated oven at 300 degrees. Check after baking for an hour. Poke a toothpick in the center and it should come out clean if done. Let bread cool for 15 min. before turning it out of the loaf pan.