Banana Bread

I made banana bread yesterday! :D

I really like my banana bread recipe. I found it online 3 years ago and no longer remember where I got it. I can't even find it anymore. Anyway, the first time I made it was when I wanted to get rid of a bunch of old bananas. I had enough to make a double batch, so I tried to do that. When I was making it, I remembered to double everything except the flour and didn't realize it until I decided to make the recipe again. After some experimentation, I came up with the following recipe:

Mad Hao Guru's Banana Bread Recipe :)

INGREDIENTS

1/4 cup butter, softened

1 cup white sugar

1 egg

3-5 large  ripe bananas, mashed (the more bananas the better the flavor; I like black bananas unfrozen that I mush by hand)

1 – 1.5 cups all-purpose flour (I use 1.25 when I make a double batch, but it really doesn’t matter THAT much, try to scale it in proportion to the bananas when you find a good ratio)

1 teaspoon baking soda (sometimes I add just ½ per loaf because it makes it a bit more dense)

1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8x4 inch loaf pan.

2) In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Beat in the egg and mashed bananas. Mix in flour, baking soda and salt just until combined. Pour into prepared loaf pan.

3) Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. If top begins to brown too quickly, decrease heat slightly. Center should be soft and chewy, while the outside, crisp and crunchy.