Banana Bread

A family recipe from Katie Roling.

Getting ready: 15 min · Cooking: 1 hr · Feeds: 24

Ingredients

• 4 real ripe bananas
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup oil (canola or corn)
• 3/4 cup buttermilk (no buttermilk? Just add 1 tblsp. vinegar to regular milk)
• 2 tsp. baking soda (add to the buttermilk)
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 cup nuts (our favorite)

Directions

1. Mix the bananas, eggs, oil, buttermilk with baking soda added, and vanilla extract well.
2. Add the flour, sugar, salt and nuts.
3. Mix all together.
4. Spray 3 bread pans with oil and fill.
5. Bake at 325 for 1 hour, or till a toothpick inserted in the middle for test comes out clean, not doughy.
6. Remove to wire racks to cool.
7. Tip: These keep well in freezer.