I once heard from a skittles commercial “good things come to those who wait.” Being that I am quite impatient, waiting more than 15 mins for a meal, or anything for that matter, is almost unbearable to me.

A few times, I’ve complained when Mc D’s takes more than 5 mins to give me my order, after all it is fast food right? Then there was that time a big boned lady over 50 was taking forever trying on clothes at Forever 21 (which, like the name implies, is mainly for girls in their 20’s, and yes now I have no business being in their either) and I had to nicely say to her, “maybe you should try Lane Bryant,” after her third outfit change and my lunch almost coming up twice. And finally, there was the time I dated my husband for close to 4 years, and he had still not proposed. (Actually now that I think about it, 4 years is a long time! I don’t think I was being impatient there, most girls would’ve peaced out in 2 years in my opinion).

Anyways, the point is that yes I am extremely impatient, but there are a few things I have learned are worth the wait. One of those things are my husband of course =) (which he ended up proposing to me at the end of the 4th year together, which is such a cute story but I’ll save it for another time). And the second thing is, waiting for my bananas to be overly ripe so that I can make Banana Bread.

In order to make the best banana bread, you really do need to wait a while so that your bananas are almost all brown and soft. It may look gross, and you would never eat a banana that looked like that, but trust me those nasty ass bananas make the BEST banana bread. I have tried using bananas that had a few brown spots on them before, and I’ve always been disappointed by the lack of banana taste, especially after spending 2 hours in the kitchen.

So anyways, I bought 6 bananas a week ago, just for this occasion, and I have been patiently waiting for them to turn brown. And today they were finally ready, and I was finally able to make my banana bread. I’ve tried many different recipes before, and even had a few catastrophes in between, but I have finally perfected my banana bread recipe.

This banana bread is moist, flavorful, and so delicious that I was even able to convert my hubby, who hates bananas, into being a being a banana bread lover. I’ve also baked this a few times for his work potlucks, and his coworkers are always asking for the recipe.

So here it is my Banana Bread recipe:

Ingredients:

I got too excited and forget to take a picture, before cutting a slice for myself!

Dry Ingredients

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)

Wet Ingredients

• ½ cup butter
• 1 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs beaten
• 2 3/4 cups mashed overly ripe bananas
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Lightly grease a 9 x 5 inch bread loaf pan
3. In a big bowl combine the dry ingredients together
4. In a separate bowl, combine all the wet ingredients together by first creaming together the butter and sugar, then adding the bananas, eggs, bananas, and vanilla extract until well mixed
5. Pour in the wet ingredients, into the dry ingredients, and mix until most of the flour is mixed in with the wet ingredients (be careful not to over mix because that will cause your bread to become dry and dense. It is ok if there is still some flour not mixed in completely)
6. Pour mixture into the loaf pan and bake for 60-65 mins, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserting in the middle.
7. Let bread cool for about 10 mins, then cut and enjoy!