Cream together sugar and butter until it is light and fluffy.
Add in the eggs one at a time. Be sure to crack them open into a separate bowl - one at a time - before adding them especially if you are using farm fresh eggs.
Add in 1 1 /2 cups flour, a little at a time mixing until the flour is combined with the butter sugar mixture.
Add in the bananas and continue mixing.
Add the milk and vanilla extract. Continue mixing to make sure everything is combined.
Add the remaining flour mixture and again mix well.
Grease a 9" by 5" loaf pan or a mini cake pan, depending on what you want the banana bread to look like when it is done.
Pour the banana bread batter into the pan filling it half full.
Shake the pan lightly to smooth the top out and remove any air bubbles.
Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for an hour and ten minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool for 10 minutes on a wire cake cooling rack, then remove the banana bread from the pan, place it on a place, sprinkle with confectioners and serve.
Any remaining banana bread can be stored in a bread bag or wrapped in foil and stored at room temperature.