Mom's Banana Bread

This recipe is from Jan Vriesenga

1/2 cup butter softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
3 bananas mashed
1 tsp baking soda
1 Tbs HOT water
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and mashed bananas to creamed mixture. Dissolve baking soda and hot water and add to banana mixture. Add rest of ingredients to banana mixture. Pour into a greased and floured bread pan. Bake at 350 for 45-50 minutes or until bread tests done. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan.