Banana Bread

This recipe is very easy and the banana bread goes perfectly with your morning cup of coffee - yum!

Ingredients:
1 cup granulated sugar
8 Tbsp (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature*
2 large eggs
3 ripe bananas
1 Tbsp milk
1 tsp ground cinnamon
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt*

Preheat the oven to 325º
Butter a 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan
Cream the sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy
Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition
In a small bowl, mash the bananas with a fork
Mix in the milk & cinnamon
In another bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda & salt
Add the banana mixture to the creamed mixture & stir until combined
Add dry ingredients, mixing just until flour disappears
Pour batter into prepared pan & bake 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean
Set aside to cool on a rack for 15 mins
Remove bread from pan, invert onto rack and cool completely before slicing

*I didn't realize that I was out of unsalted butter, so I used salted butter instead & omitted the 1 tsp of salt - my banana bread turned out wonderfully!