Alton Brown's Banana Bread

We made this spectacular recipe today. And sans my loaf pan (one of the nine families we know that had a baby in the past few months must have it), I made 12 muffins and one tiny loaf. And sans 3-4 bananas, I had just two, I added two cups of applesauce. The banana graveyard is where I put the over ripe bananas that are best for bread (in the freezer). It turns the skin black, but the fruit is perfect.

This is THE BEST banana bread. The boys are chowing down just a few minutes out of the oven.

3-4 ripe bananas
1C sugar
1 2/3 C flour
1/3 C oat or whole wheat flour
1t baking soda
1t salt
1 stick butter (unsalted) or if it's salted, leave the salt above out-=melted and cooled
2 large eggs
1t vanilla or almond extract
1 c nuts chopped coarsely (optional) sn chocolate chips are also very good

350 oven
mash banana and sugar
combine dry ingredients
whisk together butter eggs and extract
combine wet ingredients
mix it all together until just combined (do not mix smooth)

Bake 50 mins to 1 hr
Cool for 15 mins in pan (it will continue to cook)
Wrap in foil or wrap to keep for 5 days (doubtful that it will last that long)

Spread with pb or eat plain. Great snack for kids, great for breakfast.