Banana Bread

Soooooo moist! Rich flavors from the buttermilk and vanilla make this my favorite banana bread recipe!

• Ready In: 1 hr 35 mins
• Yields: 2 loaves

Ingredients

• 2  cups sugar
• 3⁄4 cup butter or 3⁄4 cup margarine
• 2  eggs
• 3  cups  sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1⁄8 cups buttermilk
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1⁄2 cups  mashed bananas

Directions

1. Cream butter, add sugar.
2. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
3. Sift dry ingredients together, add alternately with buttermilk.
4. Add vanilla and bananas.
5. Bake in loaf pans at 350º for 1 hour to 1 hour and 20 minutes or until done.
6. When done, bread will turn loose from sides of pan and knife inserted in middle will be clean.