Ashleys Banana Bread

• 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 4 ripe bananas, mashed
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup buttermilk, well shaken
• 1 cup chopped pecans

1. Preheat the oven to 350F.
2. Grease 2 9 x 5-inch loaf pans.
3. With an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
4. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
5. Beat in the bananas and vanilla.
6. Sift the flour together with the baking soda and salt and add to the banana mixture alternately with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour.
7. Fold in the nuts.
8. Pour the batter into the loaf pans and bake for 55 minutes.
9. Cool slightly in the pan before turning the loaves out onto wire racks to cool completely.

butter, sugar, eggs, bananas, vanilla, flour, baking soda, salt, buttermilk, pecans

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/ashley-s-banana-bread-389062 (may not work)