Banana Bread

Banana Bread (Food Network)

1 C white sugar
***8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
2 large eggs
3 ripe bananas
1 tbps milk
1 tsp ground cinnamon
2 C all-purpose flour
1tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1tsp salt

1.Preheat the oven to 325. Butter a loaf pan and set aside
2. Cream the sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition
3. In a small bowl, mash the bananas with a fork (I use pretty brown looking bananas, and mush them for a good 'ole time)
mix in the milk and cimmamon.
4. In another bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt
5. Add the banana mixture to the creamed mixture and stir until well combined. Add the dry ingredients, but mix JUST until
the flour starts to disappear.
6. Pour the batter into the pan and bake 1 hr-1 hr 10min at 325. Check it with a toothpick, let it cool before you cut it, etc etc etc.

***note* I've made this recipe a LOT. It's just a standard one I found on food network one day when I needed a quick recipe but I've found that the bread is so much more moist if I use tub margarine (Country Crock) instead of stick butter or stick margarine.