Flying Dutchman

I have several good banana bread recipes, even a Jamaican one that calls for lime, coconut and rum flavoring. But here’s the one I use most often; my old reliable:

Banana Walnut Bread

6 tablespoons unsalted butter

1 cup sugar

3 very ripe bananas

3 eggs

1/2 cup buttermilk

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup chopped walnuts

Heat oven to 350 F. Butter and lightly flour a 9x5” bread pan. Cream together sugar and butter, add bananas and eggs and beat until smooth. Stir in buttermilk. Mix remaining ingredients in a separate bowl and add to wet mixture. Beat until just combined (it should be lumpy). Pour into pan and bake an hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes away clean. Remove from oven, wait 5 to 10 minutes and remove from pan. Cool completely before slicing.