Banana Nut Bread

4 overripe bananas

2 cups flour

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1 stick butter

2 eggs

1/2 teaspoon salt

Rum or vanilla 

walnuts

powdered sugar

This is a great way to use bananas that have gotten "too" ripe. Sometime I store overripe bananas in the freezer, save them for weeks and then just warm them up when I have time to make banana bread. 

These are great for an indulgent breakfast or a delicious dessert. Or a snack anytime. 

First, melt the butter and set it aside to cool before you use it. 

In a little bowl, mash two of the bananas with a fork, leaving them lumpy. 

****In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking soda and salt together. Set theses aside for later.

In an electric mixer, add the other two bananas and the sugar. 

Mix on high. I used level 8. 

Whip the bananas and sugar... 

for 3 minutes

until it becomes "banana cream"

Then add the melted butter. 

Add the eggs, one at a time, making sure that each egg is mixed in before you add the other. 

Add in a splash of rum or vanilla. 

Change the setting to low (stir) and slowly add the flour. 

You only want to mix it until the flour is mostly incorporated. 

Don't over stir, or the bread will be tough. 

When the flour is mostly mixed in, then take it off the electric mixer and use a spatula to mix in the rest of the flour. 

Add the bananas that your mashed with a fork and the walnuts. Mix these gently in. 

In a muffin tin, line each cup with a paper liner. 

Using an ice cream scoop, add batter to each cup. The ice cream scoop will help you add the same amount to each liner without dripping on the pan. 

Bake for 30 minutes. 

They will be golden brown when they come out. 

Stick a toothpick into the middle of one of the muffins and then pull it out.

If it comes out clean, with no batter on it, then the muffins are cooked all the way through. 

In a small bowl mix some powdered sugar with a little bit of water. 

When the two are mixed, they will look like this... 

Add a dab of icing to each muffin. 

They wil be warm and delicious. You may want to wait about 10 minutes before you bite into one, as they will be HOT. 

Enjoy!