Banana Bread - January 27, 2011

True friends are good for long talks on the phone, borrowing clothes, telling you they are so proud of you, telling you they think you are making a huge mistake, letting you know when your favorite store is having a sale, letting you know those pants don't necessarily make you look fat - but they are more than likely mislabeled... and lately for me good friends are good for delicious recipes! When I started this blog my beautiful friends started giving me their favorite recipes!
Now normally I love my banana bread with nuts, unfortunately the rest of my family would rather pass. So I was left with two options: Make the banana bread with nuts and eat the entire thing myself OR save myself a few thousand calories and leave out the nuts and share. Lucky for my wardrobe I chose the latter.


Ingredients:
2 ½ cups flour
1 1/4 cup sugar
2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3 Tablespoons oil
3/4 cup of milk
1 egg
1 1/2 cups mashed over-ripe bananas (I used 5 bananas)
1 cup of chopped nuts (optional)
(Krista Doud)

Directions:
Step 1: Preheat oven 350 and grease bread pan
Step 2: Measure all ingredients into mixer and set to level 2 for 2 minutes
Step 3: Bake 55 - 60 minutes and take out of pan to cool

Tips:
* The grocery sells browned bananas cheaper! Ask your local grocer. How amazing is that!??! For so many recipes it's better if the bananas are browned.
* My bread initially was still mushy and uncooked in the top center. I didn't notice this until after it had cooled and I went to cut a slice. I stuck it back in the over for another 6 minutes and wallah- The breakfast of champions!