Old Fashioned Banana Quick Bread

I love this banana bread!  It's so simple and comforting.  It reminds me of my time as a flight attendant.  I would be gone for a few days at a time so I inevitably had ripened bananas to come home to.  If I had a layover in my hometown, I would whip up a loaf of this moist banana bread and surprise my sunrise crew with a bit of homemade love.  They were so thankful to be given a breakfast that didn't come out of a plastic bag.  I just enjoyed the feeling it gave me to see the look on their faces when they took a bite.  That was all the thanks I needed!

There it was, tucked among traditional sprinkled standards on a cookie tray in the employee break room. Unassuming, delicate and unmistakably "holiday". This coin-shaped egg nog delight was about to become a featured recipe in my home!