Favorite Banana Bread Recipe

The recipe below is my all time favorite for banana bread.

I love using up old blackened bananas for this recipe and not having to toss them out. In fact, those blacken, spotted bananas are perfect for this banana bread recipe. If the bananas have any bruised spots on them, cut that piece off and use the rest.

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 Cups of All-Purpose Flour
• 2 Teaspoons of Baking Powder
• 1/2 Teaspoon of Salt
• 1/2 Teaspoon of Baking Soda
• 1 1/2 Cups of Mashed Bananas (about three large)
• 1/4 Cup of Milk
• 2 Teaspoon of Vanilla Extract
• 1 Cup of Granulated Sugar
• 1/2 of Butter (1 stick) softened to room temperature
• 2 Large Eggs

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease or spray with nonstick spray a 9″ x 9″ bread pan.
2. In large bowl with mixer beat in sugar and butter until blended about two minutes. Add eggs one at a time scraping down the bowl when needed. Add mashed bananas, and vanilla extract.
3. In a small bowl mix together the flour, baking soda, baking power, and salt. Alternately add the dry ingredients to the mixture with the milk.
4. Spoon batter in the prepared pan and bake from 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes. Banana bread will done done when tester or knife comes out clean. The top of the bread will be nicely brown.

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The photograph on the left, show the bowl being scraped down. The photograph on the right, show the banana bread mixture in the pan ready to be placed in the oven.