Nathan's favorite Banana Bread

So this isn't your typical banana bread. Please do not add chocolate chips to this!! Or at least if you do, don't tell me. Mix this in a plastic or glass bowl with a wooden spoon. Don't use a mixer or processor. This is best done by hand. Also once you add the bananas, work quickly. So chop nuts, and have everything ready to go ahead of time. Also once a banana is all dark, it gets bitter. I like them just when they are starting to get spotty. They are pefect then (for me at least).
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
1 1/4 c sugar
1/2 c butter softened
2 eggs
1 1/2 c mashed ripe bananas
1/2 c buttermilk or sour milk (almost 1/2 c milk with 1 tsp vinegar or lemon juice added)
1 tsp vanilla
2 c flour
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
1 c chopped nuts (optional.... unless you live at my house)

Mix butter and sugar together. Add eggs and mix well. Add bananas, vanilla and buttermilk. Stir to completely combined. Mix dry ingredients in separate bowl. Add all at once and stir until no lumps remain. Do not over mix. Add nuts. Pour into two greased loaf pans or as muffins. Bake for 50-60 minutes as loaf or 30-35 as muffins. Makes 2 loafs for 24 muffins.