Banana Bread

From Elinor Drake, modified by Nicoleta Drake and Allen Drake

½ cup margarine

1 ¼ cup sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon salt

1 heaping teaspoon cinnamon

2 cups flour

4 medium sized bananas (mashed, preferably very ripe)

Cream together margarine and sugar in a mixer. Beat in eggs. In another bowl, mix baking soda, salt, and flour lightly with a spoon. Add the flour mixture to the sugar/margarine mixture and mix. Then add the bananas.

Place in 2 greased loaf pans and sprinkle additional sugar on top. Bake at 350 degrees for perhaps 35 minutes. Check for doneness with a toothpick and then bake for perhaps 5 more minutes.

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Banana Bread

From Elinor Drake, February 13, 2002

½ cup margarine

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon salt

2 cups flour

3 medium sized bananas (mashed, preferably very ripe)

Cream together margarine and sugar in a mixer. Beat in eggs. In another bowl, mix baking soda, salt, and flour lightly with a spoon. Add the flour mixture to the sugar/margarine mixture and mix. Then add the bananas. Place in a greased loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees for about 50 to 60 minutes.

(Note: Nicoleta adds an extra banana and a heaping teaspoon of cinnamon to this.)