Sweeth Tooth - Banana Bread

A little from here, a little from there - finally I have the perfect banana bread recipe. And a perfect way to use up those over-ripe bananas.

4 ripe bananas (the skin should be all black) mashed
2 cups AP flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup butter
1 TBS vanilla extract
1 cup chopped walnuts


Preheat oven to 350 F. Butter and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan.

Sift together flour, baking soda and salt. Add the chopped walnuts to the flour and mix in.

In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar till smooth. Add 2 eggs and beat. Add the mashed bananas and mix very well. I use a hand mixer to get it smooth.
Add the vanilla extract and mix.

Mix in the walnuts with the flour. This way they will not sink to the bottom of the bread when you bake it. Add the flour a little at a time and mix the batter well till all the flour is mixed in.

Pour the batter into the loaf tin.

Bake for 60-65 minutes. Check that a knife or toothpick inserted, comes out clean.

Let cool in the tin for about 10 minutes. Then remove onto a cooling rack and let it get completely cool.