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Banana Bread

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Ingredients
  

  • 2 C Sugar
  • 3/4 C Butter
  • 2 Eggs
  • 3 C Sifted AP Flour (I cheat and don't sift sometimes)
  • 1 1/2 t Baking Powder
  • 1/2 t Salt
  • 1 1/2 t Baking Soda
  • 1 1/8 C Buttermilk
  • 1/2 t Vanilla
  • 1 1/2 C Mashed Banana
  • 1 C Chopped Pecans (optional)
  • 1-2 C Chocolate Chips (optional...but why wouldn't you ;)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°
    Grease 2 loaf pans (or 4 small loaf pans)
    Cream butter, then add sugar
    Beat in eggs one at a time
    Sift all dry ingredients together; add alternately with buttermilk
    Add vanilla and bananas, then nuts and chocolate chips
    Bake 50 minutes for regular size or 35-40 for small loaves, checking with toothpick or wooden skewer for doneness
    Remove from pan and cool on racks.