Cream the butter and sugar

• Cream together the softened butter and granulated sugar until well combined.

Add eggs and vanilla

• Add the eggs and vanilla extract, then mix well.

Add banana and milk

• Pour in the mashed ripe banana and the milk.
• Mix until everything is combined.

Fold in the dry ingredients

• Add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
• Fold with a rubber spatula just until no flour streaks remain, without overmixing.

Fill the pan

• Pour the batter into a greased 9x5 inch loaf pan.

Bake

• Bake at 350F until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs and no wet batter.
• If using a thermometer, the internal temperature should be between 200F and 205F.

Cool

• Let the bread cool down before removing it from the pan.