Banana Bread

Submitted by Lani M.

This is my favorite way to eat ripe bananas (from my Six Ingredients or Less cookbook):



1 cup butter, softened
1 3/4 cups sugar
2 cups mashed very ripe bananas
4 large eggs, well beaten
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 1/4 cups flour

1. Set oven at 350 degrees. In a large mixer bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add bananas adn eggs. Combine baking soda and flour. Add to banana mixture; stirring by hand, until flour is moistened.

2. Pour batter into two sprayed 9x5x3-inch loaf pans. Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until tester inserted in center comes out clean. Run knife around edge and turn out immediately. Cool on rack. Makes 2 loaves.