Banana Bread

From the Sunset Cookbook. It originally called for 1/2 the flour to be whole wheat. It is good either way.

1/2 cup of melted butter
1 cup of sugar
2 eggs lightly beaten

put in mixing bowl and blend
then alternating add

1 cup of mashed, over-ripe banana and
1 cup of flour

in small bowl mix together, and add to creamed ingredients:

1/2 tsp of salt
1 tsp of baking soda
pinch of cinnamon
1 more cup of flour
add these dry ingredients and then add:
1/3 cup of hot water
chopped walnuts optional

Pour into a loaf pan, (I line the bottom of mine with a rectangle of parchment paper.)
Bake at
325* for an hour


(Alice’s Note - this is good if you replace the water with rum.)