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Banana Bread

Barb Long
From the Moosewood Cookbook which is my favorite cookbook.
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup butter or margarine
  • 1⅓ cups packed brown sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • ¼ tsp almond extract
  • 1 tsp grated orange rind
  • 4 cups flour (1/2 whole wheat, 1/2 unbleached white)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg
  • ½ cup mashed ripe bananas
  • ⅔ cup black coffee

Instructions
 

  • Beat 1st 5 ingredients together
  • Sift together the dry ingredients
  • Puree bananas and coffee in a blender
  • Alternate adding the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients with the puree
  • Bake at 350° in two greased bread loaf pans for 40-50 minutes.

Notes

the secret ingredient is the coffee