I can’t vouch for this personally because I hate, loathe, and despise bananas and everything they touch. My husband and daughters, however, love the damn things so being the devoted wife and mother that I am, I clothespin my nose and make them bread when the bananas go south. This is Kerri’s recipe, verbatim.
1/2 C butter
1 1/2 C Sugar
2 Eggs
1 C crushed banana (I usually put whatever I have that is speckled – usually
2 bananas – the more brown the better)
1 tsp. Vanilla
2 C Flour
1 tsp Soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 C sour milk (Regular milk with a dash of vinegar will make it sour)
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, bananas and vanilla; mix well. Sift Flour with soda and cinnamon, add all at once(I am a lazy cook – I never do the sifting part and it seems to turn out fine – I just kind of dump it all in the mixer). Beat until smooth. Pour in greased and floured loaf pan. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees.
(Editor’s note: I typically make mini loaves instead. Each pan takes about 2/3c of batter and it makes 9-10 loaves. They bake for 20-30 minutes.)