Glazed Banana Loaf

Ingredients:

1/2 cup softened butter or marg.
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
3 medium ripe bananas
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
chopped walnuts (optional)

Cream butter and sugar in large bowl. Beat in eggs with a fork one at a time. Blend in mashed bananas.
Measure in all dry ingredients before stirring. Flour, baking soda, powder, salt and then mix just until moistened. Put in walnuts if adding! Spread in a greased 9x5x3 loaf pan. Bake in 350 F degree oven for about 1 hour. Check around 55 minutes so as not to over brown. Let stand for a few minutes then glaze.

Glaze

2 cups sifted icing sugar
2 - 3 tbsp. warm water
1 tbsp. vanilla extract

Spoon over loaf and smooth with the back of the spoon. Let the glaze drizzle down the sides of the loaf as this adds a nice look! Let cool and then slice.