banana bread

Name: Banana Bread
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cup(s) all purpose flour; 2/3 cup(s) sugar; 1 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 1/4 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1/2 cup(s) shortening; 1 cup(s) mashed bananas; 2 - eggs (slightly beaten, very important)

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Lisa G

Batavia, IL

Updated on Sep 15, 2011

I've been making this recipe for years! Sometimes I add about a cup of chocolate chips to the batter for extra yumminess!

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Ingredients

1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
2/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup mashed bananas
2 - eggs (slightly beaten, very important)

How To Make banana bread

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Step 2

Grease and flour a loaf pan.
Step 3

With fork, mix the first 5 ingredidents.
Step 4

With a pastry blender (or 2 knives used in a scissor fashion) cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Step 5

With a fork, stir in bananas and eggs just until blended; spread batter evenly in pan.
Step 6

Bake for 55 minutes to an hour until toothpick comes out clean.
Step 7

Cool for 10 minutes
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