Grandma's Banana Nut Bread

This is the best bread. If you want to make it as a dessert, you can add chocolate chips or carob chips last thing before pouring it into the pan.

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 1  cup sugar (half brown and half white)
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 2  eggs
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄3 cup buttermilk (1 T spoon vinegar in milk will substitute)
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 2 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 1  cup pecans (chopped and Grandma used 1/2 c.)
• 3  bananas, mashed (very ripe)

Directions

1. Mix in order given.
2. Make sure to mix baking soda with butter milk and sift the baking powder with the flour.
3. Bake in two greased loaf pan in 300 to 325 degree oven 1 hour. Mom also used a square cake pan because she only had one loaf pan.
4. Be sure oven is not too hot as these loaves burn easily.
5. Set rack in center of oven.
6. For firmer loaf use 3 cups flour.