Banana Bread

Banana Bread
31/2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups mashed, ripe eating bananas
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3/4 cup butter
11/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
3/4 cup milk
Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. Set aside.
Mash bananas with a fork. Add lemon juice and mix. Be sure the bananas
are mashed well.
Cream together the butter or margarine and sugar, until they are well
mixed. Add eggs and beat thoroughly until light. Add the sifted ingredients
to the egg mixture in small amounts, adding a little of the milk each time.
Beat well after each addition. Fold in the banana mixture. Mix well.
Pour mixture into two greased loaf pans. Bake in a moderate oven
(180ºC or 250ºF) for about 1 hour. Cool and serve. Makes 2 loaves.
Variation: Instead of baking, this bread can also be steamed using the
following method: Start water boiling in a large pot with stones or shells in
the bottom. Grease 2 large clean tin cans. Pour bread mixture into cans, no
more than half full. Cover can tops with greaseproof paper or a leaf. Put the
cans in the pot, resting on the stones or shells. Cover the pot. Steam the
bread for a hour, or until a knife comes out dry after it is put into the bread.