Kristis Banana Bread Recipe 485

Steps:

• Instructions 1.Preheat the oven to 350° F. Grease two 9- x 5-inch loaf pans or one bundt pan 2.With an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the bananas and vanilla. Sift the flour together with the baking soda and salt, and add to the banana mixture alternately with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour. Fold in the nuts. 3.Pour the batter into the loaf pans or bundt pan and bake for 55 minutes for the loafs and 60-65 minutes for bundt. Cool completely before turning bundt out. Or slightly cool before turning out the two loaves onto a wire rack to cool completely. Makes two (9- x 5-inch) loaves OR one regular Bundt

Steps:

• Move oven rack to low position so that tops of pans will be in center of oven. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottoms only of 2 loaf pans, 8 1/2x4 1/2x2 1/2 inches, or 1 loaf pan, 9x5x3 inches.
• Mix sugar and butter in large bowl. Stir in eggs until well blended. Add bananas, buttermilk and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt just until moistened. Stir in nuts. Pour into pans.
• Bake 8-inch loaves about 1 hour, 9-inch loaf about 1 1/4 hours, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans and place top side up on wire rack. Cool completely, about 2 hours, before slicing. Wrap tightly and store at room temperature up to 4 days, or refrigerate up to 10 days.