Delicious Banana Bread

This makes a really hardy thick banana bread.  It is really easy and delicious. 

Ingredients

• 3 or 4 bananas, smashed (I used frozen)
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 1 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 3/4 cup)
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• Pinch of salt
• 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
Mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour last, mix. 
Pour mixture into a buttered 4x8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.

- I doubled this recipe and put it in a bigger pan.  I cooked about 1 hr and 45 minutes (constantly checking it after the first hour and 20 minutes).  After an hour I covered the top with tin foil (this allows it to keep cooking but the top doesn't get burnt).  

-I also put some in muffin tins- just make sure you cook them long enough (still about 45 min-1 hr)!!