Banana Bread



Great way to use up those extra bananas that got a bit too ripe.  Banana bread is an excellent choice for breakfast or for an afternoon snack.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup honey
2 eggs
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (2 or 3 bananas)
1 tsp. pure vanilla (don't use imitation)
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour (or 1 3/4 cups soft white wheat berries, ground fine)
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp sea salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 °F. 

Cream together the butter and honey.  Beat in the eggs, bananas, and vanilla.  In another bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, and sea salt.  Then blend the liquid and dry mixtures together.  Add the chopped walnuts, if using.

Pour batter into a greased (use butter, not a spray) and floured loaf pan and bake for about 60 minutes.  Started watching it at 50 minutes, bake until center is set.  (I bake it in a glass loaf pan and baking it for 70 minutes at 325 °F works well for me.)