Yum-Yum & MASH!

Time for my yummy banana bread recipe I baked over the weekend! I got the recipe from Food Network, but tweeked it a little myself, like adding the vanilla and an extra half of a banana since that's what I had. If I had an orange I would've added some zest to this too, I love an orange fresh taste in a lot of my baking goodies. I hope you guys eat it up as fast as me and my family did!

Ingredients:

·         1 cup granulated sugar

·         8 tablespoons margerine, room temperature-ish

      1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

·         2 large eggs

·         3 1/2 ripe bananas

·         1 tablespoon milk

·         1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

·         2 cups all-purpose flour

·         1 teaspoon baking powder

·         1 teaspoon baking soda

·         1 teaspoon salt

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Butter a loaf pan.

Cream the sugar, butter, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each egg.

In a small bowl, mash the bananas with a fork. Mix in the milk and cinnamon. In another 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 slowly, mixing just until flour disappears.

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean from the center. Remove bread from pan, and cool completely before slicing.

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<3 Alicia Marie