Banana bread
Ingredients
- 2 or 3 ripe bananas
- 5 and 1/2 Tbsp melted butter
- 1 tsp baking soda
- Pinch of salt
- 1/2 to 1 cup sugar (start at 3/4 cup, adjust according to ripeness of bananas)
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 and 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- Pinch of ground cloves (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat your over to 350 deg F.
- In a medium mixing bowl, mash the bananas with a fork or a potato masher.
- Add the rest of the ingredients in the order in which they are listed, whisking briefly between each addition.
- Pour into a greased 8"x4" loaf pan, bake 50-60 minutes (erring on the side of less) until golden-brown and cooked through.
- Immediately turn out onto a cooling rack and cool completely until slicing with a bread knife and enjoying.
Original recipe from here, since modified.