Old-Fashioned Banana Bread
Delicious, rich banana flavor.
Ingredients
- 1 C vegetable oil
- 2 C granulated sugar
- 4 eggs beaten
- 6 ripe bananas mashed
- 4 C flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 6 T milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 C chopped nuts optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350*. In a large mixing bowl or Kitchenaid, cream oil, sugar and vanilla. Add eggs, bananas and milk and beat well. Add all dry ingredients, except nuts, and beat well for 2 minutes. Fold nuts in by hand. Batter will be thick. Spray or grease 2 loaf pans. Pour half of batter into each pan. Bake 50-60 minutes. Begin checking for doneness at 50 minutes by inserting toothpick in center. When done, turn loaf out of pan to cool on counter or cooling rack. Do not overcook, or bread will be dry.I remove when the toothpick is still slightly damp when inserted in center, remove from oven and allow the bread to cook a bit more in the pan, approximately 5 minutes. Then, turn loaf out of pan to cool completely.
