B.A.N.A.N.A.S

This sh*t is bananas, B.A.N.A.N.A.S.  Seriously, even Gwen Stefani would approve of this delicious banana bread.  For our non-twenty-something readers and/or any reader who did not get the above reference to a major pop song please use the search engine of your choice to look up "Hollaback Girl".  We won't always make song pairings to go with our recipes but in this case we are.  So crank it up, shake your booty, and let's get baking!

Easy, Easy, Easy Banana Bread

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

1/2 Cup Shorting or Butter (I always use butter because in five years my physique will not allow such luxuries) 

1 Cup of Sugar

2 Eggs

3/4 Cup Mashed Bananas (the blacker, the better- this will make your bread dark in color and rich in flavor)

1 1/4 Cup of Flour

3/4 Teaspoon Baking Soda

1/2 Teaspoon Salt

Cream sugar and butter with a mixer. Add eggs one at a time until smooth. Stir in banana. In a separate bowl combine all of your dry ingredients and then slowly add dry ingredients into banana mixture. Grease a loaf/bread pan and poor in mixture, spread evenly.  Bake for 30-35 minutes. Then eat, eat, eat! (Well, wait until it cools a little otherwise you will get some serious burns.)

Banana bread may seem like something your grandmother or mother would make for quilting circle but it is about to cross generations. Banana bread is easy, cheap, and uses up food that would usually go bad.  It is a simple and delicious addition to coffee with friends, a homemade and heartfelt gift to bring your host or hostess, or a complete indulgence for you, your roomies, and/or significant other. 

Love from your baking besties-

Bethany and Whitney