Banana Bread

We always have bananas in our house and I for one am pretty picky about the ripeness of my bananas, unripe bananas leave a weird bitter feeling in your mouth and over ripe bananas are too mushy and become in my opinion plain nasty. Often we do not eat a full bunch before they get too mushy for me (I need to remember my kids don't eat and only buy enough for Dennis and myself, but still I keep hoping. . . Cadey does eat bananas and Ian and Viv will eat a bite or two, Will absolutely will not. So it is hard for me to know how many to buy). I feel bad throwing them out all the time so I try to use them for baking. One of the most obvious uses is to make banana bread. This is considered a quick bread, but for me it has taken awhile (and I even mess up still) to figure out the best cooking method. Banana bread is really dense and if you are shy the littlest bit on your cooking time many times you will cut in and the center will not be cooked. Don't be shy about leaving in your bread the correct amount of time. If it looks like the top is getting too done, cover with foil (dull side up) the last little bit of cooking. The recipe I use is from the 12th edition Better Homes and Gardens Cook book. I think most people have a recipe for banana bread so unless someone wants me to post mine, it's really just an idea for what to do with your over ripe bananas!!