I found this recipe for banana bread at PurplePinkandOrange.com.

1¼ cups sugar
½ cup butter, softened
2 large eggs
5 mashed ripe medium sized bananas
1 teaspoon vanilla
2½ cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Move the oven rack to the low position, so that the tops of the pans will be near the center of the oven. This makes the tops of your bread ever so fancy. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease bottoms of two loaf pans.

Mix sugar and butter in a large bowl. Stir in eggs until well blended. Add bananas and vanilla. Beat until smooth.

Stir in flour, baking soda and salt just until moist. Stir in nuts. Alternatively, place walnuts on top after pouring in loaf pans as shown on our photo on the left. Pour in the loaf pans about 1/2-2/3 full (depending on the size of your pans and amount of mixture you have).

Bake for about 45-50 minutes, checking often after 40 minutes with a toothpick. When the toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, they are done.

Yield: two loaves