Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, at room temp.
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup flour (all purpose)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 3 large ripe bananas, mashed
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup shelled walnuts, coarsely chopped

Steps

1. Preheat oven 350°, grease 9 x 5 x 3″ bread pan.
2. Cream butter & sugar till light & fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. Sift all purpose flour, baking soda & salt together, stir in whole wheat flour & add to creamed mixture, mixing well.
4. Fold in bananas, vanilla & walnuts.
5. Pour mixture into pan, bake 50 to 60 min. or till cake tester comes out clean – cool in pan 10 min., then in rack.

Notes

Makes one loaf.

Rosie Lee had this recipe twice: cut from a bag of bananas and on a printed card (both shown below).

From a printed recipe (‘BANANAS’ bag cutout (no brand shown)) kept in Rosie Lee’s recipe box.

Photo: stock photo found online.

Rosie Lee’s original recipe cards

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