Banana Nut Bread

By tschnet1

Ingredients

• 7 very ripe bananas mashed with a fork
• 1 cup butter, melted
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 4 cups flour
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 325F

Using a hand mixer or wooden spoon, cream together butter and bananas in a large mixing bowl.

Add eggs one at a time, beating them in before adding the next.

Stir in the vanilla, then the sugar

Sift in the dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking soda) to the mixture, then stir in the chopped pecans.

Pour the batter into two well-greased loaf pans and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Let cool on a rack.