Banana Bread Recipe

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease and flour a 9x5 loaf pan, sprinkle some chopped nuts in the bottom of the pan (this helps the bread come out easier). In a large bowl with an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat until fluffy. Add the zest, orange juice and bananas- beat to combine. Add banana extract. Mix in the dry ingredients and stir by hand just to combine.

Pour into prepared pan and bake about 1 hour or until a pick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes then turn out onto a rack to finish cooling.