My Very Favorite Banana Bread

Banana Bread

Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs, beaten
6 mashed overripe bananas

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
In a bowl (Kitchen-Aid mixer is best if you have it!), cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in baking soda and salt. Then stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Slowly pour in flour; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.

Bake in preheated oven for 75-85 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. It will get sort of darker brown, but that’s ok, it won’t be burnt. Set the pan in a safe place and let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then carefully dump it out of the pan onto a wire rack (or a plate, if you don’t have a wire rack).