Banana Bread

¾ cup butter
2 cup flour
1 ½ cups sugar
1 teaspoon soda
1 ½ cups mashed bananas
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
½ cup buttermilk or sourmilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ cup chopped nuts

Cream butter & sugar. Blend in bananas, eggs, & vanilla. Sift together flour, soda, & salt & add alternately with the buttermilk, blending just until well combined. Fold in nuts & pour into greased loaf pan & bake at 350° for 1 1/2 hours.