Banana Walnut Bread

I was organizing the freezer this morning and out fell two bananas (once the bananas get too ripe I toss them in the freezer to use in baking).  They were trying to tell me something. This is a recipe that I adapted from my grandmother's recipe for panetela.

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 very ripe bananas
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup milk
1 cup walnuts, chopped
2 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
oatmeal (optional)

In a large bowl using a fork combine your softened butter with the sugar, add the eggs. Cut up your ripe bananas and add them to your mixture. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla. Chop 1 cup walnuts and stir into mixture. In a separate bowl, combine your dry ingredients: flour,  baking powder and salt. Measure one cup of milk. Slowly add a little of the dry ingredients a bit of milk and stir. Continue until all the ingredients have been added.

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour 2 bread pans. Pour your mixture equally into each pan. Sprinkle the tops with oatmeal (optional) and bake for 45 minutes.