"The Best" Banana Bread (or Muffins!)

By efriend

Okay, another banana bread recipe...But maybe the other ones don't have at least one ingredient that this one does...My family loves the muffins from this recipe...especially when I make mini-muffins! (I usually halve the recipe!) Makes 4 loaves or 60 muffins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups butter or 1 1/2 cups margarine
• 4 cups sugar
• 8 eggs
• 5 cups mashed bananas
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 4 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 6 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
• 1 cup chocolate chips (optional, but a must for our family!)

Preparation

Step 1

1 Cream together butter and sugar. 2 Blend in eggs. 3 Add bananas, water, soda, salt, and baking powder. 4 Blend well. 5 Stir in flour. 6 Add nuts and/or chips, if desired. 7 Pour into 4 greased/floured loaf pans or lined muffin tins. 8 Bake at 350: loaves need 35-40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. 9 Muffins need only 18-20 minutes. 10 ***With this recipe, I usually always make muffins to cut down bake time.