Super Moist Banana Bread

Cook Time:

• 70-80 min bake time

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 medium sized ripe bananas
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups unbleached flour
• 1 1/2 tbsp hot water

Preheat oven to 350▫.

Use the butter wrapper to grease a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.  Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl.  In another bowl, mash the bananas and lemon juice until well mashed.  Add the bananas, egg yolks, vanilla and baking soda to the butter and sugar.  Mix well.  Gradually stir in the flour in three 1/2 cup increments – do not over mix.  In a small clean bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff, then gently fold into the batter until mostly blended (do not over mix).  Stir in the hot water and scrape into the prepared pan.  Bake for 70-80 minutes, checking after 45 minutes until a toothpick or cake tester in the center comes out clean.  Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then turn out and cool.  Freezes well.