1 ¼ Cups Sugar
½ Cup Butter Softened
2 Eggs
1 ½ Cups Mashed Ripe Bananas (3-4 Medium)
½ Cup Milk
1 Tsp Vanilla
2 ½ cups Flour
1 Tsp Baking Soda
1 Tsp Salt
1 Cup Chopped Nuts if Desired

Heat oven to 350. Grease bottom of loaf pan. Mix sugar and butter in bowl. Stir in eggs until well blended. Add bananas, milk and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Stir in remaining ingredients, except nuts, until moistened. Stir in nuts. Pour into pan. Bake 1 ¼ hours or until toothpic inserted in center comes out cleean. Cool 5 minutes. Loosen sides of loaf and remove from pan. Cool completely before slicing. Makes 1 loaf.