Favourite Banana Bread

Ingredients

Amount		Ingredient	Preparation
1	cup	sugar
1/3	cup	butter	or margarine softened
2	large	eggs
1/2	cup	bananas	mashed
1/3	cup	water
2/3	cups	flour, all-purpose
1	teaspoon	baking soda
2	teaspoons	salt
4	teaspoons	baking powder
1/2	cup	nuts	chopped

Directions

Heat oven to 350F. Grease bottom only of loaf pan, 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 or 9 x 5 x 3 inches.

Mix sugar and margarine in 2 1/2-quart bowl. Stir in eggs
until blended. Add bananas and water; beat 30 seconds. Stir in remaining ingredients except nuts just until moistened; stir in nuts. Pour into pan.

Bake until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 8-inch loaf 1 1/4 hours, 9-inch loaf 55 to 60 minutes; ccol 5 minutes.

Loosen sides of loaf from pan; remove from pan. Cool completely before slicing.

1 loaf (24 slices);

Refrigerate no longer than 1 week.