Banana Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 very ripe bananas, mashed
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
4 whole eggs
1 stick butter or margarine
1 1/2 c. sugar
3 c. flour

Preparation

Slice bananas into a mixer bowl and beat well.
Add baking soda, salt and vanilla.
Beat well.
In a separate bowl, mix together butter, sugar and eggs.
Add flour, a little at a time, beating well after each addition.
Combine with banana mixture and beat well.
(Can add 1/4 cup raisins dusted with 1 tablespoon flour, if desired.
We like it best without raisins.)
Bake in 2 buttered 9 x 5-inch loaf pans for about 45 minutes.
(Recipe can be halved to make 1 loaf.)