"...sitting in the fruit bowl collecting freckles."

I had a couple of bananas that were about to go bad that I'd originally purchased to mash up for Branflake. Alas, the little booger has recently decided that he isn't interested in bananas so they've been sitting in the fruit bowl collecting freckles. Hating the idea of just throwing them into the compost bin I decided to take action.

I started off with this recipe, but modified it based on what the reviews said. It's pretty perfect.

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  
• 1 cup butter or margarine
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  
• 2 mashed, overripe bananas
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups chopped walnuts

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two loaf pans or prepare as muffins (muffins will have reduced bake time).
2. Sift the flour, salt and baking soda into a large bowl. In a separate bowl, mix together the butter or margarine and sugar until smooth. Stir in the bananas, eggs, and walnuts until well blended. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry mixture, and stir just until blended. Divide the batter evenly between the two loaf pans or muffin pan.
3. Bake for 50 minutes in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted into the crown of the loaf comes out clean. Let the loaves cool in the pans for at least 5 minutes. Eat warm if you like (I do), but it's also great chilled in the fridge.  Use saran wrap to keep in the moisture.

Voila!

I made one loaf and 16 muffins with this recipe. The loaf has been a good breakfast for me over the last week and the muffins were shared with my parents and accompanied us on a couple of day trips.