Banana Bread

When I have 2-3 over-ripe bananas and like 15 minutes* I make banana bread. It's easy, delicious, and my family eats the entire loaf in less than a day. The Joy of Cooking (75th anniversary edition) recipe works every time**. I ditch half the sugar but add a little vanilla extract, chocolate chips, dried orange peel, and a dash of cinnamon. Photo: Latest banana bread after three hours on the counter.

• * - Baked for an hour, but the oven is doing all the work there.

• ** - Which is not a whole lot since banana bread is a difficult to mess up.