Best-ever Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups mashed very ripe banana
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped nuts, if desired

Directions

1. 1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottoms only of 2 8 x 4 inch loaf pans or (9x5 inch) loaf pan.
2. 2. In large bowl, mix sugar and Butter. Add eggs, bananas, buttermilk and vanilla; Beat with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Stir in flour, Soda, salt & nuts, just until moistened. Pour Batter into Pans.
3. Bake 8 inch loaves 1 hour. 9 inch loaf 1 1/4 hours or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; loosen sides of loaves.
4. From Pans, remove from pan to cooling racks. Cool about 1 hour before slicing.

As written

Angel Food Muffins (Joe)

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Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup Butter
• 4 eggs
• 3 cups banana Very ripe mashed
• 1 cup Buttermilk
• 2 teaspoon Vanilla
• 5 cups all purpose Flour
• 2 Teaspoon Baking soda
• 2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups chopped nuts - if desired

Directions

1. 1. Heat oven to 350° F.
2. Grease Bottom only 2 - 8x4" loaf pans or 9x5" loaf pan
3. 2. In large bowl mix sugar & Butter
4. Add eggs, bananas, buttermilk and vanilla.
5. Beat with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
6. Stir in flour, soda, salt & nuts just until moistened.
7. Pour Batter into Pans
8. Bake 8 inch loaves 1 hour, 9 inch loaf 1 1/4 hrs or until toothpick inserted in Center comes out clean.
9. Cool 10 minutes, loosen sides of loaves from pans, remove from pans to cooling racks.
10. Cool about 1 hr before serving

Notes

• Double Batch.

As written

if Held, Medium & loaves!