Banana Bread

Ingredients

• One cup of butter (two sticks) softened
• One and a half cups of sugar
• Two eggs
• Four mashed bananas
• One teaspoon of vanilla extract
• Four tablespoons of buttermilk (can be substituted for whole milk or almond milk)
• Two cups of flour
• One and a half teaspoons of baking soda
• One teaspoon of salt

Directions

1. Mix butter and sugar together until consistency is creamy.
2. Add eggs, bananas, vanilla, and milk together., Mix well.
3. In a separate bowl mix flour, baking soda, and salt.
4. Blend the dry mixture (step three) into the wet mixture (step two).
5. Line a large loaf pan with cisco and flour. Cover the bottom with wax paper for easy removal.
6. Bake for sixty to eighty minutes at three-hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit.
7. Let loaf cool in the pan for fifteen minutes. Transfer banana bread loaf onto a cooling rack.

Source — Mel's Original Recipe
Prepared by Melodie Everritt
Louisiana Anthology
March 25, 2022