Ingredients

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1-1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 3 large) - the blacker the better!

1/2 tsp vanilla

3 eggs

2-1/3 cups Bisquick baking mix

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup chopped nuts or dried blueberries, cranberries or cherries or any combination

Preparation

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease bottom of loaf pan 9x5x3" (or 3 small aluminum pans for gift giving) Stir all ingredients in pan with fork until moisetened; beat vigorously 1 minute.

Bake until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean out 55-65 mins. Cool 5 mins. Run knife around sides of loaf to loosen; remove from pan.