mom's banana nut bread

Name: Mom's Banana Nut Bread
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) all purpose flour; 3/4 cup(s) graham cracker crumbs; 2 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 1/3 cup(s) shortening; 2/3 cup(s) sugar; 2 - eggs; 3 - ripe bananas; 1 cup(s) walnuts; 12 ounce(s) chocolate chips

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Kathy Hunt

chelsea, MI

Updated on Feb 8, 2013

This is an old recipe from the 60's and I always get rave reviews from it. Recipe can be doubled. Can also be made into muffins.

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prep time 25 Min

cook time 1 Hr

method Bake

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Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup shortening
2/3 cup sugar
2 - eggs
3 - ripe bananas
1 cup walnuts
12 ounces chocolate chips

How To Make mom's banana nut bread

Step 1

combine 1st 5 ingredients and set aside. mix sugar and shortening well then add eggs and mix well.

Step 2

mash ripe bananas on a separate plate. Add 1/2 of bananas to sugar mixture and mix. then add 1/2 of flour mixture and mix. then repeat with remainder. do not overmix. Add walnuts and chocolate chips and stir in.
Step 3

Use a bread loaf pan greased and floured. Bake 350, 55 minutes. test with a toothpick.
Step 4

I like to double this recipe and make 1 loaf and 12 muffins. for muffins grease and flour 12 cupcake pan and bake 350, 25 minutes.
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