Banana Bread

Background

This is the recipe that my mom used to make delicious banana bread. I haven’t made it in years but recently found it beneath some other recipes in my very unorganized recipe binder. And the very overripe bananas in my fridge were calling out to be used up. It will certainly make it’s way back into being a frequently baked item in our household now that we’ve rediscovered this recipe.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup oil
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup mashed bananas (about 3)
• 3 tbsp milk
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2/3 cup chocolate chips (optional) (I prefer the mini chips)
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350′ F
• Beat oil and sugar together
• Add in eggs and beat well
• Add in mashed bananas, milk and vanilla, mixing well
• Sift together dry ingredients
• Add dry ingredients to liquid ingredients, mixing until just mixed
• Optionally gently mix in chocolate chips and nuts
• Pour into loaf pan(s)
• Bake about 1 hour if using a 9 x 5 loaf pan. Bake less if using 2 smaller pans (e.g., 3.5″ x 7.5″).

Notes

This freezes well. You may want to slice before freezing so you can take out a few pieces at a time.