Cooking & Baking

I wish I knew where I got this recipe or whose it was before I changed it...I would surely give them credit because it's great!

Best Banana Bread

Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
1 cup softened butter
2 cups mashed, overripe bananas
4 eggs, beaten
1+ cups coarsely chopped walnuts.

Directions
Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour 2 loaf pans.

Sift together the first three ingredients. In a separate bowl, mix butter, sugar, eggs, and bananas until well blended, then stir in the walnuts. I like to keep the walnuts on the chunky side and I always add extra--my favorite part of a good nut bread.

Combine the banana walnut mixture with the sifted dry ingredients. Divide evenly between the 2 prepared loaf pans.

Bake about 30-40 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes in the pan, then turn onto a wire rack to continue cooling at least 15 more minutes before cutting.