Categories: Snacks

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 1/3 cups mashed overripe bananas, plus 1 banana, halved lengthwise
• 1 tbsp turbinado sugar

Directions

1. eheat oven to 350. Grease a 5×9-inch loaf pan.

2. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar; stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture, just until moistened. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Arrange banana halves on top. Sprinkle with turbinado sugar.

3. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 60-65 minutes. Let cool in pan 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

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