Mini Banana Breads

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (3 to 4 medium)
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped nuts, if desired

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f
• 2 grease bottoms only of 10 (4 1/2x2 1/2x1 1/2-inch) mini loaf pans with shortening or cooking spray.
• 3 in large bowl, mix sugar and butter with spoon. stir in eggs until well blended. add bananas, buttermilk and vanilla; beat until smooth. stir in flour, baking soda and salt just until moistened. stir in nuts.
• 4 divide batter evenly among pans, filling each with about 1/2 cup batter.
• 5 bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. cool 5 minutes.
• 6 loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans to cooling racks. cool completely, about 2 hours.
• 7 wrap tightly and store at room temperature up to 4 days, or refrigerate up to 10 days.