BANANA BREAD

By stepjo7269

Amy Hopper from the First United Methodist Church Cookbook

Ingredients

• ½ C. butter or margarine
• 1 C. sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 to 4 bananas, mashed
• 1 tea. soda
• ½ tea. salt
• 1 tea. baking powder
• 2 1/4 C. plain flour
• ½ C. orange juice
• 1 C. chopped nuts (optional)
• ●Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs.
• ●Mix dry ingredients together and add alternately with orange juice, ending with flour mixture.
• ●Add bananas and nuts; mix well.
• ●Bake in large greased loaf pan for 1 hour (or a little more) at 325 degrees.

Preparation

Step 1

●Note: Mixture can be divided into 4 small loaf pans. Bake at 325 degrees for approximately 45 minutes if divided.