Banana Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup stick margarine or 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (generally 3 to 4 medium bananas)
• 1/2 cup buttermilk (see note below)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped nuts, if desired

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees. grease the bottoms only of 2 loaf pans.
• 2 mix sugar and margarine in large bowl. stir in eggs until thoroughly blended.
• 3 add bananas, buttermilk and vanilla and beat until smooth.
• 4 stir in flour, baking soda and salt just until moistened. stir in nuts.
• 5 pour into pans. bake 8-inch loaves about 1 hour, 9-inch loaf an hour and a half.
• 6 hint:
• 7 if you don't have any buttermilk on hand, mix 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice or vinegar with 1/2 cup milk or substitute yogurt.