The Best Banana Bread

I'm not sure who gets to say it's the "best" banana bread, but it certainly competes with any other basic banana bread I've eaten. --Mark

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups mashed banana
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9x5 inch pan.
Cream margarine and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs, then bananas. Add flour and soda, stirring just until combined.
Pour into prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 1 hour (or till toothpick comes out clean). Remove from pan and let cool, store in refrigerator or freeze.

Notes:

Add salt, cinnamon, use half white and half brown sugar, use half flour and half oats, sub applesauce, add blueberries, walnuts, flax, whatever.

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