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i was making this twice a week last summer.  wax and i both love it because it is so, so good.  in fact, i've loved it all my life.  it was always a big treat in our household when mom made it.

from james beard's beard on bread,
banana bread

4,8 dL flour                                    (2 cups)
1 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
110 g butter
2,4 dL sugar                                  (1 cup)
2 eggs
2,4 dL/1 cup mashed overripe banana (about 2 bananas) (the bananas should be very soft and spotted all over, if not completely brown.  my mother recommends doubling the recipe and using three good-sized bananas.)
0,8 dL milk                                    (1/3 cup)
1 t lemon juice (or vinegar)

optional: 1,2 dL chopped nuts      (1/2 cup)

preheat oven to 175 C (350 F) .  sift flour with soda and salt.  cream the butter.  add sugar, then eggs and bananas, and blend well.  combine milk and juice--the milk should curdle.  slowly add dry ingredients and milk to butter mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.  blend well after each addition.  stir in nuts.  pour mixture into a well-buttered bread pan (the small kind--[livejournal.com profile] wax_jism guesses they are around 10x30 cm) and bake for 50 minutes to an hour, or until bread springs back when touched lightly in the centre.

notes:  i never sift the flour, and it's fine.  also, you want the pans completely slathered in butter, and even then, it has a tendency to stick in any spot with not enough. 

makes great muffins, but note that it rises a great deal. muffin cups should not be over-filled. small muffin cups will need to bake about 18 minutes, large ones more like 25.

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Date: 25 Feb 2006 07:10 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] emmuzka.livejournal.com
Thank you! I will name my first baby bread after you! I'll try this out when I'll visit my sister, she is a kitchen goddess without any skills whatsoever.

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Date: 25 Feb 2006 08:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com
a kitchen goddess without skills? heee.

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Date: 8 Mar 2006 09:55 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] eyebrowofdoom.livejournal.com
Ijust baked this, and I approve.

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Date: 8 Mar 2006 10:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cimness.livejournal.com
mmmmmmmmmm, that's a good idea.

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