2 c Flour
1 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 c Butter
1 c Sugar
2 Eggs
1/3 c Milk
1 ts Lemon juice -OR-
1/2 ts Vanilla extract
1/2 c Chopped nuts (optional)
2 Very ripe bananas, mashed, up to 3
Preheat oven to 350 F. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a
bowl. Cream the butter in a mixing bowl. Gradually add the sugar
and mix to well blended. Add the eggs and the banana mix until
well blended. Combine the milk and lemon juice in a large bowl.
Alternately mix the flour mixture into the banana mixture. Add a
little at a time, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
Blend well after each addition. Add nuts. Turn the batter into a
heavily buttered 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. Bake for one hour or until
bread is golden and springs back when touched. Cool in pan for ten
minutes. Take bread out of pan and cool completely.
