James Beard Banana Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup honey
2 large eggs
3 ripe bananas, mashed
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 teaspoon orange zest (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
Cream the butter and sugar together.
Add honey, bananas, and eggs; mix well.
Sift dry ingredients together and fold into banana mixture.
Fold in nuts and optional orange zest.
Grease baking pan or muffin tins.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour. If you bake this in muffin tins, it's about 20 minutes. It is done when toothpick comes out clean.