When your bananas start to go over the hill, try this recipe.
Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour a 9 x 5-inch baking pan. Sift together and set aside.
1-½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour (Cathy adds 1 cup of sugar)
1 teaspoon baking soda (Cathy adds ½ teaspoon)
1 teaspoon salt (Cathy adds ½ teaspoon)
(Cathy adds cinnamon )
In a large bowl, blend together in this order
1/3 cup oil (Cathy adds ½ cup of oil)
¾ cup brown sugar
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (2 to 3 bananas) (She adds 4 bananas)
2 eggs
½ cup milk
Stir into banana mixture in this order
Sift dry ingredients
½ cup chopped walnuts
Turn into prepared pan. Bake at 350F for 1 hour, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Turn out to cool on a wire rack. Wrap in foil to store. This bread is easier to cut on the second day. Makes 2 loaves.
Cathy adds 2T Oatmeal, 1T Brown Sugar, and ½ t Cinnamon on top before baking.
She swears by this recipe.
