Banana Bread - my version

I got the basics of this recipe from the web a few years ago. It's always brought me good reviews on taste and moistness of my bread. I hope you like it as much as my friends and I do.

Ingredients

1 cup mashed banana (approximately 3 medium bananas, for more banana flavour use 4) 
1 3/4 cups flour
1 1/4 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda (exact, no lumps)
2/3 cup of sugar
1/3 cup of vegetable oil
2 eggs
2 tbsp. milk
2 to 3 tsp. real vanilla (to taste)

For something special you can add fruit or nuts anywhere from 1/4 cup to 1/3 cup frozen blue berries, dried cranberries, raisins, pecans, or chopped walnuts. If you want to add chocolate chips use 2/3 cup.

Preheat oven to 350F

I mix all the dry ingredients together in a medium bowl and have it ready to the side. I then mash the bananas in a slightly larger bowl along with all the wet ingredients. Once the wet mixture is a nice mushy consistency I slowly add the dry to the wet bowl stirring continually ensuring there are no lumps. Once everything is mixed well I add the raisins, chocolate chips or dried cranberries if I want to add something more to the bread. 

Once mixed just put mixture into a well greased bread pan. You can add a sprinkle of cinnamon and lightly sprinkle sugar on top before placing it in the oven. (I have used almond slivers, lemon zest on top when I baked with cranberries in the loaf) Let it bake for 50 minutes then test with a toothpick to see if it is baked through. If the pick comes out a bit doughy then let it bake for another 10 minutes. Don't over bake or it well come our dry and can burn on the bottom side.

Let it cool in the pan for 15 minutes before tapping it out and let it sit for anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour. This gives it time enough to cool down before wrapping it in a plastic wrap to help keep it moist.

Enjoy