There is something so simple and comforting about the smell and taste of banana bread. Maybe it’s just the time of year and the familiar smell of banana bread baking in the house. What ever it is? It’s undeniably delicious and it goes quick at my house.
recipe:
banana bread
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 2 eggs, beaten
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 3 1/2 pureed bananas, very ripe
- 1 tsp. baking soda (add to pureed bananas)
- 1/4 tsp. vanilla
Cream butter, sugar and eggs. Shift flour several times, then add salt and baking powder to the flour. To the creamed butter mixture, add milk and flour (alternating). Add the vanilla and mashed bananas (with the baking soda added to the banana puree). Blend and cook 350` 20 to 30 minutes. Do the toothpick test.