Bananarama

When your bananas look like this, it's time to make banana bread.

The eggs I used, from Cedar Valley Sustainable Farm in Illinois, were super-fresh and free-range, resulting in brilliantly bright yolks. Purty, huh?

It is really naughty to put butter on this bread, as it is very rich on it's own. I couldn't resist though, not while it was still warm.

Super-Dense Banana Bread

4 or 5 over-ripe bananas

2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp. cinnamon

3/4 cup sugar

2 eggs, beaten

1/2 cup butter

1 tsp. vanilla

(1/2 cup bittersweet chocolate chips)

Mix flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon in a large bowl. In a mixer or a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar, then stir in bananas, vanilla, and eggs. Add flour mixture (and chocolate chips) and stir briefly. Pour into greased loaf pan and bake at 350 for about an hour.