Banana Bread

Total Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 medium bananas, very ripe and peeled
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 before you start.
• 2 be sure an adult is nearby to help.
• 3 preheat an oven to 350°f grease an 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-inch metal loaf pan with butter.
• 4 make the batter.
• 5 in a bowl, using a wooden spoon, stir together the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
• 6 in a large bowl, smash the bananas with a fork. add the sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla and beat with the wooden spoon until well blended.
• 7 add the flour mixture to the banana mixture and stir just until blended.
• 8 bake the bread.
• 9 scrape the batter into the prepared pan, spreading it evenly with the wooden spoon. put the pan in the oven and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out with just a few crumbs clinging to it, about 45 minutes.
• 10 using oven mitts, remove the pan from the oven, set it on a wire cooling rack and let cool for 20 minutes.
• 11 remove the bread from the pan
• 12 gently run a table knife along the inside edge of the pan to loosen the bread from the sides.
• 13 using oven mitts, turn the pan on its side and slip the loaf out onto the wire rack. let the loaf cool for 15 minutes before serving. makes 1 loaf.