Indescribably Delicious Banana Bread
Why I Love This Recipe
I have been making this for years now. Undoubtably my favorite. Always get raves and have to give the recipe.
Ingredients You'll Need
1 C butter
1 ½ C sugar
2 eggs
4 very ripe bananas
1 t vanilla
4 T buttermilk
2 C flour
1 ½ t baking soda
1 t salt
Topping: for AFTER baking
6 T butter
10 T dark brown sugar
5 T milk
1 C chopped pecans or more if you like!
Directions
Preheat oven to 350.
Cream butter and sugar. Mash bananas, beat 2 eggs and add to bananas with vanilla and buttermilk. Mix well and add to creamed butter and sugar.
Sift together flour, soda and salt. Add to banana mixture and beat well.
Pour into 2 greased and floured loaf pans 9 x 5 x 3
Bake 45 to 50 min until bread pulls away from sides of pan. Cool.
To prepare topping, melt butter in saucepan. Add sugar and milk. Cook until very syrupy. Remove from heat and add chopped pecans. Pour over bread, spreading to all corners and place under broiler till brown and bubbly. WATCH CLOSELY. DO NOT LET BURN!