Banana Bread

Would you like a delicious Banana Bread recipe that you will use over and over again? :)

Here's what you'll need:

• 1 cup of sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 1/3 cup of milk with 1 tsp lemon juice
• 2 eggs
• approx 1 cup of mashed bananas (I usually just use 3 large bananas mixed in my Magic Bullet)
• 2 cups of flour
• 1 tsp of baking soda (forget this and you make "Banana Brick" hehehe)

Then you'll need to:

• cream together your butter and sugar
• add the eggs and milk with lemon juice
• mix in the eggs and bananas
• slowly add your flour and baking soda
• pour into a loaf pan, or 8x8 baking dish, doesn't really matter
• cook at 350F for approx 45 minutes.  If your oven is hot you might want to check it at 35 minutes.

Then you make the topping!! (the BEST part)

• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup melted butter/margarine
• 2 tbsp milk
• 1/3 cup slivered almonds (optional)
• I like to add a couple tbsp of maple syrup too

After you bake the banana bread, take this delicious sugary mixture and pour it over top - then put it under the broiler for about 5 minutes until it starts to bubble and take it out.
IF you can wait, let it cool, slice it up, and enjoy :)  The topping makes the bread the perfect balance of sweetness and moistness, you don't even have to spread butter on it!! :)