Humble Banana Bread

This morning, I noticed 4 ignored and lonely bananas on top of my kitchen counter. They don't look very pleasing to the eye, thus no one wanted to eat them, but they are actually the perfect baking bananas for banana bread.

So here's a very simple banana bread recipe from my mother-in-law. I'm not sure why she called it humble (will ask the next time she visits).

What you need:
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temp
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temp
- 2 cups All Purpose Flour, sifted
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 4 Ripe baking bananas, mashed
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)

How it's done:
Preheat oven to 350 F.

Grease 1 large loaf pan (12in x 4.5in) or 2 medium loaf pans (7.5in x 3.5in). Set aside.

Using the paddle attachment of your mixer, cream butter and brown sugar.
Add eggs and mix on low speed.

Combine flour and baking soda and then add to mixture.
Add bananas and mix on medium speed for about a minute.

Pour mixture into pan/pans. Top with walnuts (optional)
Bake for 1 hour.
Let cool before slicing. Great for afternoon snacks and tea :)

Kam's Tip:
- Are you a chocolate lover? Reduce the brown sugar to 3/4 cup and fold in around 1/4 cup or more of semisweet chocolate chips before pouring into loaf pans.