Banana Bread

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter (or shortening)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 4 tablespoons buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 bananas, mashed
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup nuts, chopped (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar together.
• 2 add eggs.
• 3 in a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients.
• 4 add dry ingredients to butter/sugar mixture.
• 5 stir in buttermilk.
• 6 mix in mashed bananas.
• 7 add vanilla and nuts, if using.
• 8 pour into greased loaf pan.
• 9 bake at 350 until a knife inserted comes out clean.