1 ½ cup all-purpose (If you don’t want whole wheat flour, increase the all-purpose
flour to 2 cups.)
½ cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup sugar
¼ cup oil
1 egg
1 cup mashed bananas
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ cup chopped walnuts (optional)


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray loaf pan. Combine flour, baking soda, salt and walnuts if you use them. Set aside. Combine sugar and oil and blend well. Add egg, beat until fluffy. Add flour mixture alternately with banana. Blend well after each time. Stir in vanilla. Pour into pan. Bake for 45 minutes. Cool 15 minutes before removing from pan.