Ye Olde Banana Bread (Mark Bittman) for Recital

OK, he doesn't call it Ye Olde, but it's a chestnut. We like this recipe (but Daddy likes the West Indian recipe for bread machine even better).

1 stick butter
3 old bananas, mashed
2 eggs
1 1/2 C white flour
1/2 C whole wheat flour
3/4 C sugar
1 1/2 t baking powder
1 t salt
1 t vanilla
1/2 C coconut
(1/2 C pecans or walnuts--we left this out because Maggie refused to even take a bite with nuts!)

Cream butter (we used the mixer). Add bananas and eggs. In separate bowl, mix dry ingredients. Add wet to dry (we added 1/2 wet to dry and then put the whole thing in the wet bowl--it was bigger). After mixed just until wet, add coconut and vanilla (and nuts, if you're using them).

Bake 350 45-60 min in a 9x5 bread pan. Toothpick should come out clean.