Bettye's Best Banana Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup softened margarine
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2-1 cup chopped nuts
• 1 cup well-mashed over-ripe banana
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 -3 tablespoons lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 grease and flour two 8 1/2-by-4 1/2 inch loaf pans.
• 3 combine flour, salt, and baking soda.
• 4 cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 5 add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 6 add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately.
• 7 beat batter 2-3 minutes.
• 8 stir in vanilla, nuts, and bananas.
• 9 spoon into loaf pans.
• 10 bake about 50 minutes, or until a toothpick can be inserted and pulled out clean.
• 11 cool before adding glaze.
• 12 for the glaze, stir confectioners' sugar and lemon juiice until smooth.
• 13 pour over cooled loaves.