Nicoles Banana Bread
Amazingly delicious.
Ingredients:
1 cup granulated sugar
8 tablespoons (1 stick ) unsalted butter, room temperature
2 large eggs
4 ripe bananas
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Butter a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
Cream the sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy. I use cold butter and cut in small pieces than mix with sugar and whip up. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
In a small bowl, mash the bananas with a fork. Mix in the milk, vanilla and cinnamon. In antoher bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Add the banana mixture to the creamed mixture and stir until combined. Add dry ingredients, mixing just until flour disappears.
Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Set aside to cool on a rack for 15 minutes. Remove bread from pan, invert onto rack and cool completely before slicing. I like to add brown sugar to the top when I pull them out of the oven.
Spread slices with honey or serve with ice cream.
