Basic Banana Bread

For Blake.

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/3 cup buttermilk

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

3 ripe bananas mashed

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a standard loaf pan. In a bowl, beat sugar and oil until combined. Mix in eggs one at a time until completely blended. Alternate between dry ingredient mixture and buttermilk (1/3 flour, 1/2 buttermilk, 1/3 flour, 1/2 buttermilk, 1/3 flour), mixing completely between additions. Mix in mashed bananas, and pour into prepared pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes.