Awesome Banana Bread

1 stick of butter at room temperature
2 eggs
3 medium to large super ripe bananas
1.5 cups all purpose flour
.5 cup of whole wheat flour
1 tsp salt
1.5 tsp baking powder
.75 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup total of extras (chocolate chips, nuts, coconut, raisins, etc.)

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x5 loaf pan.

Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl. In a small bowl, cream the butter (beat on low for a minute) and then beat in the eggs and bananas. Add the butter mixture to the dry ingredients and mix together. Don't over-stir, just mix until dry ingredients are saturated. Mix in vanilla and extras and pour into the greased loaf pan. Bake for 45-60 minutes, just until a toothpick comes out relatively clean and the top is light brown. Let it cool on a rack in the pan for 15 minutes and store in wax paper.

So good! I made this while the coffee was brewing this morning and by the time I was ready for work it was done cooking. I used the rest of the walnuts from the previous recipe I posted and some chocolate chips. A good use of bananas that were otherwise destined for the garbage can.