Spiced Banana Bread

Ingredients

2 cups flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder  1 teaspoon baking soda

4 very ripe bananas  2 eggs

1 cup sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon  1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves  1/2 cup melted butter

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour  two 8×3 inch loaf pans. Whisk together the flour, baking powder,  and baking soda; set aside.

Mash the bananas, eggs, sugar, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and cloves  together in a large bowl with a fork until well combined. Stir in the  melted butter and vanilla extract, then fold in the flour mixture until a  batter forms and no dry lumps remain. Pour into the prepared loaf  pans.

Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center  comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes,  then remove from the pan, and allow to cool completely on a wire  rack.