Banana Bread
The Junior League of Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta Cooknotes | Judy Baring-Gould Orthwein
5 ripe bananas
1 18-1/2-ounce box Duncan Hines yellow cake mix
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Optional: 1/2 chopped nuts
Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, mash bananas and add remaining ingredients. With an electric beater, mix two minutes at medium speed. Pour into a buttered five by nine-inch loaf pan and bake one hour.
Yield: 10–12 servings
Notes:
Added chocolate chips and chopped walnuts
Used a mix of fully brown and yellow-brown bananas
Tented with foil after a half hour of baking to keep the top from becoming too brown