Grandma Rebecca's Banana Bread

This is an easy to make family classic - it uses leftover bananas for a quick bread to throw together.  Works great with fresh or frozen bananas; freezes well for using later, and is an excellent gift!

Grandma Rebecca’s Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 stick butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 bananas, mashed

Makes 1 loaf
Cook Time: 1 hour

Preheat oven to 350.
Cream butter and sugar until thoroughly combined; add eggs one and a time and mix until completely incorporated.  Meanwhile, whisk, or sift, together all dry ingredients and mash bananas.  Add half the dry mix to the butter mixture, combine and add half the banana mash, add remaining dry mix, combine and add remaining banana mash, mix until combined, but do not overmix.  
Pour mixture into a greased loaf pan and bake for one hour or until tester stick comes out clean.  Let cool until pan is cool enough to handle, then invert onto a cooling rack.