Wet Ingredients

• 4 very ripe bananas
• 2 eggs, beaten well
• 1 stick (½ cup) butter, room temperature

Dry Ingredients

• 1¼ cups flour, sifted
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp salt

For Baking

• nonstick cooking spray or butter

Special Equipment

• potato masher
• pastry knife
• loaf pan

Preparation

1. Lightly grease a loaf pan with butter or nonstick cooking spray and set aside
2. Preheat oven to 350º

Mix Wet Ingredients

1. Mash all bananas with a potato masher.  Then add in your beaten eggs
2. Add in the softened butter, in pieces, and incorporate into the bananas and eggs using a pastry cutter until you see just tiny pieces of butter in the mix and set aside

Mix Dry Ingredients

1. Sift flour, sugar, baking soda and salt into a separate bowl and stir to combine

Combine Ingredients & Bake

1. Add dry ingredients into wet and stir just to combine, so that you have a thick mixture, all moist. Don't over-mix, batter should be lumpy
2. Pour into the greased loaf pan, and bake in a 350º oven for about 1 hour. Stick with a knife to determine if it is cooked through. Bread should be golden brown on the outside
3. Remove from oven when done and let cool before slicing