1 cup butter
1 ½ cups sugar
2 eggs
4 ripe bananas, mashed
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 TBSP buttermilk (or milk with vinegar added)
2 cups flour
1 ½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
TOPPING
6 TBSP butter
10 TBSP Brown sugar
5 TBSP Milk
Chopped Pecans, optional
Preheat oven to 350°.
Cream butter and sugar. Beat eggs and add to sugar mixture. Add bananas, vanilla and buttermilk.
Sift together flour, soda and salt. Add to banana mixture. Beat well.
Pour into 2 greased and floured 9 by 5 by 3-inch loaf pans.
Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until bread pulls away from sides of pan. Cool.
To prepare topping, melt butter in saucepan. Add sugar and milk. Cook until syrupy.
Remove from heat and add chopped pecans.
Pour over bread and place under broiler 5 minutes.
