My Best Banana Bread

I’ve tried a lot of different banana bread recipes over the years, and this one is about as close to my grandmother’s version as I can get. I cannot remember when or where I found this recipe, but I’ve been using it for some time now. I don’t usually put walnuts in, because I find more people prefer the bread without them. However, you can add in about 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts if you want to.

Ingredients:

• 2 c flour
• 2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1 c butter
• 2 c light or dark brown sugar
• 2 c mashed, over-ripe bananas
• 4 eggs, beaten

Directions:

• In a large mixing bowl, blend together flour, salt, baking soda, nutmeg and cinnamon.
• In a separate bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Stir in the eggs and bananas and mix well.
• Mix into dry ingredients and stir until just blended.
• Pour into lightly greased pans.
• Bake at 350°F for 60 – 70 minutes in regular sized bread pans, or 30 – 40 minutes in small loaf pans.
• Cool about 10 minutes, then turn out onto cooling rack.
• Wrap and refrigerate once completely cooled.