Banana Bread, Great Grandmother's

Great Grandmother’s Banana Bread

½ Cup butter, softened                       1 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup sugar                                         2 cups bread flour

2 eggs, beaten                                    2 tsp baking powder

½ cup vanilla yogurt*                         1 tsp baking soda

2 bananas, mashed                             ½ cup chopped pecans

*can use plain yogurt; I just prefer vanilla

Cream butter and sugar in bowl until light and fluffy.  Add eggs, yogurt, bananas, and vanilla; mix well.  Add misture of flour, baking powder and soda; mix well.  Stir in pecans.  Pour into greased 5x9 inch loaf pan.  Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes, or until loaf tests done with toothpick inserted in the middle of loaf.