Banana Bread

One of my greatest treasures is my grandmother's old recipe box.  I don't use the recipes very often, but I love looking through all the old recipe cards, magazine clippings, and newspaper recipes.

How wonderful it is to reminisce while recognizing different family members' handwriting.  And what care must have been taken to type out individual recipe cards.  I love Pinterest, the internet, and cooking websites.  It's so easy to print out the latest recipe.  But what a treasure it is to have these old recipe cards, these memories on paper.  The food splotches and corrections just add to their character.

Banana bread is an old favorite in our family.  Sometimes with nuts, sometimes without.  Super simple, with ingredients almost always found in the pantry.  Just wait a few days for the bananas to ripen and then it's time to make some moist, yummy bread.

1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup chopped nuts
3 mashed bananas
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda

Cream butter and sugar.  Add eggs.  Stir in nuts and bananas.  Sift flour and soda.  Add and mix well. Pour into greased loaf pan.  Bake at 350 for about an hour.