Banana Bread

Simply Sweet Sunday

I think everyone likes Banana Bread, I know I do.  This is a traditional Banana Bread recipe and of course my favorite.  I love the smell of it baking.  A loaf disappears pretty fast at my house.

1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup mashed bananas (over ripe)
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon lemon juice
2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Cream margarine and sugar.  Add eggs and beat, add bananas, milk and lemon juice.  Pour 2 cups of flour on top of banana mixture.  Spoon baking powder, baking soda, and salt; on top of flour.  Using a fork mix dry ingredients together.  Mix dry ingredients into banana mixture.  Mix in nuts.  Spray a 8x4x3 loaf pan with pan spray.  Bake for 40 minutes at 350, reduce oven temperature to 325 bake for additional 20 minutes.  Baking is for a total of an hour.  Cool on cooling rack for 15 minutes.  Remove bread from pan, allow to finish cooling. 
Enjoy!