CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs		Bread	16	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Butter
1	c	Sugar
2		Eggs; beaten
4		Bananas; finely crushed
1 1/2	c	Flour
1	ts	Soda
1/2	ts	Salt
1/2	ts	Vanilla

INSTRUCTIONS

From: Lisa Burnham <lburnham@golden.ncw.net>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 1994 03:00:45 GMT
Cream  together butter and sugar.  Add eggs and crushed bananas.  Combine
well.  Sift together flour, soda and salt.  Add to creamed mixture.   Add
vanilla.   Pour into greased and floured loaf pan.  Bake  at  350  degrees
for 60 minutes. Keeps well, refridgerated. Yield 1 Loaf.
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