This is the banana bread from the Hawaiian cookbook that mom had.
- 3 Eggs
- 1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil
- 1/2 Cup Butter or margarine, melted
- 1 1/2 Cups Sugar
- 2 Cups Flour
- 2 Teaspoons Baking Soda
- 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
- Pinch Cinnamon
- 2 Cups Bananas, sliced and firmly packed
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla
- 2 Cups Walnuts, chopped (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two loaf bans. Beat eggs, oil, butter, and sugar for 2 minutes. Add dry ingredients and mix well. Add bananas and vanilla and mix until bananas are mashed. Add nuts. Pour into prepared pans and bake for 50 to 55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. remove from pans immediately and cool on a wire rack.
**For mango bread, substitute 2 cups drained mangos for the bananas and add 2 teaspoons cinnamon.
