Grandma Grant's Banana Nut Bread/Muffins

Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup softened butter
2 eggs
3 bananas, sliced (2 cups)
2 cups flour
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt

Directions:
Grease muffin tins or 8 1/2" by 4 1/2" metal loaf pan
Cream sugar with butter. Mix in eggs, bananas, flour, pecans, soda, salt. Pour into prepared pan.
Place in cold oven. For bread cook at 300 for 1/2 hours until center comes clean with toothpick. For muffins, bake 325 for about 30 minutes
Cool bread in pan 5 min. on wire rack. Remove from pan and cool.