What's Cooking Wednesday? Banana Bread!

I think I have mentioned that I am one-trick pony when it comes to baking (from scratch).  

And what is that one trick?  

Banana bread.  

Probably one of the easiest baking recipes known to womankind.  I mean, you don't even need a mixer for this recipe.  

And, staying true to my novice blogging self, I don't have a ton of photos, but really--with as easy as this is?  You don't need very many.  

Ingredients:

3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed

1/3 cup melted butter

1 cup sugar (can easily be reduced to 3/4 cup)

1 egg, beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon baking soda

Pinch of salt

1 1/2 cup of all purpose flower

Directions: 

Preheat oven to 350*F (175*C).  With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl.  Mix in sugar, egg and vanilla.  Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture & mix in.  Add the flour last, mix.  Pour mixture into a buttered 4x8 inch loaf pan.  Bake for 1 hour.  Cool on rack.  Remove from the pan, then slice to serve.  

Recipe from: simplyrecipes.com

So, about an hour and fifteen minutes (if you aren't using a micro/stove combo like me) you should have something that looks like this.  If you have a combo micro/stove, then you have to wait until you have melted your butter to start preheating your oven.  Bah Humbug.  

And it looks even more appetizing all cut up...

Numnumnum. 

I am linking up with Heather(TwinkieTotMom)'s What's Cookin' Wednesday? link-up.  Take a few minutes to check out some of the other recipes.  Heather's looks great.  

If only we had a grill.