Banana Bread

Taken from Teens Cook: How to Cook What You Want to Eat

Makes one 9 inch loaf

1/2 c butter
1 c sugar
2 eggs
3 medium bananas
1 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
2 c flour
1 c walnuts (very optional)

Preheat the oven to 375
Lightly butter or spray bottom and sides of 9 inch loaf pan

Place butter and sugar in large mixing bowl
Beat with electric mixer on low speed for 1 minute or until sugar is completely mixed into butter
Add the eggs & mix for 1 minute, or until batter is smooth
Add the bananas & mix for 1 minute or until no large chunks visible
The batter will be lumpy

Add the baking soda & salt and mix on low speed for 1 minute.
Add the flour & mix on low speed for 1 minute, scraping sides of bowl occasionally
Stir in walnuts, if you like.

Pour batter into loaf pan and bake for 15 minutes.
Reduce heat to 350 and bake for 45 minutes or until; a toothpick in center of loaf comes out clean.
Remove bread from pan and place on cooling sheet. (If bread cools in pan, it will become soggy.)

I am hopeful that this recipe will become my new favorite for banana bread. I am so tired of trying to make the b.b. recipe in Joy of Cooking taste better and moister.