JAN'S BANANA BREAD
¾ cup butter or margarine
2 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1-1/2 cups mashed banana
¾ teaspoon salt
2 eggs
½ cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts
Cream butter and sugar. Blend in bananas, eggs and vanilla. Sift together flour, soda and salt; add to banana mixture, alternating with buttermilk. Mix thoroughly; add nuts. Pour into greased loaf pan and bake at 325-degrees for about an hour, or until toothpick comes out clean. If I have bananas getting too ripe I'll stick them in the freezer and use to make banana bread when I have time. NOTE: I like to use mini loaf pans instead of large loaf pan. This recipe will fill 4 pans. Need to bqke for about 35 to 40 minutes. Also, to keep them from sticking to pans, I line pans with parchment paper or wax paper with the ends extending up over the sides of the pans. That way, I can just lift the banana bread out when cooled and it comes out better.