Breads and Pastries

Banana Bread

Name: Banana Bread
Ingredients: 4 overripe bananas; ½ cup butter softened; 1 cup dark brown sugar; 2 whole eggs; 2 cups all purpose flour; 2 tsp baking powder; pinch of salt; ½ - 1 cup toasted almonds slivers

The junior member of the clan is graduating to real food. We thought that we could try some mashed bananas but we didn't get around to it, and I ended up with four bananas going brown. Not one to waste food if we can help it, I jumped into action and pulled out a recipe for Banana Bread

Directions

Preheat oven to 350º Lightly grease a loaf pan In a mixer on low speed cream the butter and sugar.
When well blended add the bananas and mix until they are completely mashed and incorporated.
Add the eggs one at a time waiting until the first is fully combined.
In a bowl mix the flour, baking powder and salt and with mixer on slow gradually add the dry ingredients until everything is combined.
With the mixer still on low add the almonds.
when fully combined pour into the greased loaf pan and set in the middle of the oven and bake for about 60 minutes until a toothpick comes out of the center clean.
Place a sheet pan on a rack below the bread rack as it may leak some of the grease as it rises.
When fully baked place on a wire rack to cool slightly, then remove from the pan turn loaf upright and allow to cool completely on the wire rack.