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INGREDIENTS
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs, beaten
2 1/3 cups mashed overripe bananas


DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

Dough:
* 3 ripe bananas * 1/2 cup soft butter
* 1/2 cup white sugar * 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar* 4 eggs* 1/2 cup buttermilk * 1 tsp vanilla * 2 cups all-purpose flour * 1 teaspoon salt * 2 teaspoons baking power* 2 teaspoons baking soda * 2 teaspoons cinnamon
* 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
In a large bowl peel the bananas and break them into small pieces.With a potato masher, mash the bananas. Set aside. In a separate bowl add butter, white and brown sugar, mix together with a wooden spoon until smooth and creamy.Stir in the beaten eggs and mix till smooth. Add in the buttermilk and vanilla, continue to mix until well combined.Add in the mashed bananas and mix until well blended. In a separate bowl use a wire whisk to combine the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon.Without over mixing combine the flour and banana mixtures together. Fold in the chopped walnuts.Pour batter into a well greased 9x 5 loaf pan.Peel a banana and slice into pieces. Place the banana slices down the middle of the batter. Top the banana slices with chopped walnuts. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 55 - 60 minutes. If you place a thermometer into the center of the loaf it should register between 180 to 190 degrees or until a skewer inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Allow the banana bread to sit for 10 minutes before removing from the pan. Cool on a wire rack. Makes 1 loaf.