1st Place Banana Nut Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup sweet butter, softened
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 3 1/2 cups unsifted unbleached flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 cups mashed very ripe bananas
• 2 cups chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees. butter 2 loaf pans.
• 2 pour the lemon juice into the milk and stir until the milk is curdled. set aside.
• 3 beat together the butter, sugar and vanilla until creamy. add the eggs, mixing thoroughly.
• 4 sift together the flour, baking soda and salt. add this to the butter-sugar mixture alternately with the curdled milk. stir in the bananas and nuts.
• 5 pour the batter into the prepared loaf pans and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.