Ingredients

3 ½ cups Flour

1 1/3 cups Sugar

2 teaspoons Baking powder

1 teaspoon Salt

½ teaspoon Baking soda

1 cup Butter or margarine

6 Bananas, (very ripe)

4  Eggs, slightly beaten

Method of Preparation

In a large bowl, mix first 5 ingredients, mix with a pastry blender until it resembles coarse crumbs. Mix bananas and eggs together and stir into other ingredients until just blended. Grease and flour 2 loaf pans, making sure to remove excess flour, pour batter evenly into pans. Bake at 350 degrees F for 55 minutes. Remove from pans and let cool on racks. Makes two 9×5 inch loaves

4X recipe, makes 8 loaf pans:

14 cups Flour

5 1/3 cups Sugar

8 tablespoons Baking powder

4 teaspoons Salt

2 teaspoons Baking soda

4 cups Butter or margarine

24 Bananas

16 Eggs