The Best Banana-Nut Bread!

I got the baking bug the other day, it gets me every once in a while and I have to make cookies or brownies or muffins or SOMETHING. Something sweet.

I also had old bananas staring me in the face screaming at me to make banana bread.

So it happened, I made banana muffins. I made muffins mostly because for some reason I don't have a loaf pan, and muffins seem easier to give away and eat as individual servings.

Here's what you'll need:

• 3 very/overly ripe bananas
• 1 stick of room temp. butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tbs milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup chopped, toasted walnuts

In a large bowl, mix together sugar and butter until creamy. Add eggs one at a time until combined. Next add milk, vanilla and cinnamon.

On a plate, mash bananas with a fork and combine with wet mixture.

In a separate bowl combine dry ingredients - flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Add to wet mixture in thirds. Mix until combined but do not over mix - over mixing will make for tough bread.

Add in toasted walnuts.

Banana bread dough is one of my favorite doughs, I like to live on the edge and eat the raw dough..... It's really, really good!!

Place batter in muffin pan, about 3/4 full.

This recipe should make about a dozen muffins.

Place in an oven preheated to 325 degrees for about 15 - 20 minutes

Check with a toothpick at 15 minutes, if the toothpick comes out clean then the muffins are done!

Cool on a cooling rack and enjoy!