Favorite Banana Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 medium bananas, mashed
1/2 cup milk
1 cup chopped pecans or 1 cup chopped walnuts

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees, grease& flour 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder& salt in medium size bowl.
Beat together butter and sugar until light colored, then beat in eggs, one at a time.
Stir in vanilla, then stir in flour mixture, a little at a time with the banana& milk.
Add 2/3 cup nuts, and pour batter into pan.
Sprinkle remaining nuts on top.
Bake for 1 hour& 20 minutes or until done (when a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean).
Cool bread in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes.
Loosen around the edges and cool completely on rack.
Wrap tightly& store at room temperature.
TIP: Make sure the bananas are ripe, or the bread will be dry& crumbly.
The riper the bananas, the moister the bread.
Bread is better the next day.
Freezes well- up to 6 months.