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Chocolate Banana Bread

1/2 cup butter or maragarine, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 medium)
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1/4 cup baking cocoa
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup chopped nuts, optional

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. 
Add eggs, bananas, milk and vanilla.
Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soad and salt;  add to the banana mixture and mix just until combined.
Fold in nuts if desired.
Transfer to a greased 9x5x3 loaf pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 60-65 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted near the center comes out clean.
Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

1 loafs

(Quick Cooking - Jan/Feb 2001)