Banana Bread

This recipe is straight from my mom's kitchen.  Its simple and easy but doesn't disappoint.  For some reason, we don't have a bread pan so I make mine in whatever baking dishes are clean. 

Banana Bread

Ingredients:
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
6 mashed bananas (can use frozen or fresh)
3 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
OPTIONAL: nuts/chocolate chips etc 

Directions:

1. Cream butter and sugar together, add eggs, vanilla and bananas.  Mix well.
2. Mix dry ingredients together 
3. Add dry ingredients and mix well.
4. Add optional ingredients 
5. Pour into 2 loaf pans (or whatever type of pan you desire ie: muffins, cake pan etc) 
6. Bake at 350* for 50-60 minutes (if using a different pan, adjust time accordingly.

NOTE: Can substitute 2 cups grated zucchini for bananas to make Zucchini bread