"Bananas" Banana Bread

This banana bread is aaah-mazing!  Enjoy!

4 super ripe bananas

1/3 c vegetable oil

½ c buttermilk (room temp)

2 eggs (room temp)

1 ½  c sugar

1 ¾ c flour

1 tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

Optional: Add ¾ c chopped walnuts or ½ c chopped chocolate chips or BOTH!!

Spray 9 x 5 loaf pan with Pam or other vegetable-based cooking spray.

In separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.  Set aside.

Combine bananas, oil, buttermilk, and eggs in bowl and mix well with standing or electric mixer.

Add sugar.  Slowly add flour mixture.  Add nuts and chocolate chips if desired.

Pour batter into prepared pan.  Heat oven to 325 and bake for a little over 1 hour or until wooden stick come out clean when inserted.  Check it at about 40 mins to make sure the edges aren’t burning and cover loosely with foil.  When you remove bread from the oven cover with clean kitchen towel and let cool.  Once cooled, loosen sides with a knife and flip onto plate.  Slice, eat and enjoy!! (a trick I read is that when you cut a bread or cake made in a loaf pan, take slices from the middle and then push the two halves together and cover the whole thing with plastic wrap to avoid the ends drying out.  As long as the end is not your favorite part, this technique works great!)