Banana Bread Recipe

I was on a play date with someone at my table recently, and she had some amazing Banana Bread.   When I asked her for the recipe, she told me she had gotten it from Pinterest.  This is seriously the BEST Banana Bread I have ever had, and I love to bake, and have baked tons of different recipes.  I went and found it and thought I would share it with you.  She added chocolate chips~ yum! I did to. This recipe is so moist and delicious. I'm embarrassed to tell you that we ate all of it in 24 hours :) I'm 9 months pregnant, ok?

{Buttermilk Banana Bread}

YIELD: Makes 2 loaves.

Ingredients:

3 cups flour
½ tsp salt
1½ tsp baking powder
1½ tsp baking soda
½ cup chopped pecans (optional) (I used mini chocolate chips)
2 cups sugar
½ cup unsalted butter
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk (or substitute 1 cup milk with juice of one lemon)
5 - 6 very ripe bananas

Directions:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.  Grease 2 loaf pans

Sift or whisk flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.  Add pecans if using, then set aside. In a separate bowl, cream sugar and butter. Mix in eggs, one at a time, then add the bananas. Add dry ingredients and buttermilk, alternating until incorporated.  Try to end with the dry ingredient addition, and be sure not to over mix.

Bake in buttered loaf pans for one hour or until toothpick comes out clean.

*Note- I only baked mine for about 45 minutes, my oven may run hot, but an hour would have been way too long!

This recipe is from http://kitchenconfidante.com, found on Pinterest.