Banana bread

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 very ripe bananas
• 1 tbsp milk
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 1 cup chococlate chips (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 ºF.
2. In a small bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
3. In a medium bowl, mash bananas with milk and cinnamon.
4. In a large bowl, cut butter into sugar.
5. Stir beaten eggs into large bowl.
6. Stir banana mixture into large bowl.
7. Stir flour mixture into large bowl.
8. If using, stir in chocololate chips.
9. Pour into a greased loaf pan.
10. Bake for 70 minutes.
11. Remove from pan and cool on a wire rack.

Notes

• The riper the bananas, the better. The skins should be streaked with brown and black. Frozen bananas thawed in the microwave work great.