EASY BANANA BREAD

Clint & Dawn Brown

Easy Banana Bread

3/4 cup sugar	1/2 cup chopped nuts (opt)
1 1/2 cups mashed banana (3 lg)	1 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup vegetable oil	2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs	1/2 tsp baking powder
2 cups all-purpose flour	1/2 tsp salt

Heat oven to 325°. Mix sugar, bananas, oil and eggs in a large bowl with a wooden spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients. Pour into greased loaf pan. Bake until a wooden pick inserted in center of bread comes out clean, 60 to 70 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaf from pan and remove from pan. Slices better when completely cooled, but who waits?

Makes one loaf.