Banana Nut Bread

Dry

• 2 1/2 cups sifted flour (~310 g)
• 1 2/3 cups sugar (~330 g)
• 1 1/4 tsps. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda (~4.8 g)
• 1 tsp. salt (~6 g)

Wet

• 2/3 cup butter or margarine (~150 g)
• 2/3 cup buttermilk (~150 g)
• 2 large eggs (~100 g)

Other

• 1 1/4 cups sieved bananas (about 3 large ones) (~280 g)

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar together; add eggs, beating until smooth and light.

2. 2

   Add soda to buttermilk. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.

3. 3

   Mix into creamed mixture, first buttermilk then flour and repeat. Add bananas last. Finely chopped nutmeats also may be added if you like; use 1/2 to 1 cup.

4. 4

   Bake in buttered loaf pan (makes two), at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes or until it tests done with a tooth pick.