grandma's banana bread

Name: Grandma's Banana Bread
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cup(s) flour; 1/4 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 2/3 cup(s) sugar; 1/3 cup(s) shortening, butter flavor; 2 large eggs; 1 cup(s) bananas (mashed) approx 3; 3/4 cup(s) pecans, in pieces; 1/2 cup(s) coconut, shredded

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JoSele Swopes

DELTA, CO

Updated on Aug 8, 2010

This is the best Banana Bread recipe I have ever used. My grandmother was an excellent cook. It is so moist, one thing that my children loved to do was toast it and put butter on it. We love to have it for breakfast and or desert.

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prep time 30 Min

cook time 1 Hr 5 Min

method Bake

yield 6 to 8

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup shortening, butter flavor
2 large eggs
1 cup bananas (mashed) approx 3
3/4 cup pecans, in pieces
1/2 cup coconut, shredded

How To Make grandma's banana bread

Step 1

Preheat oven 350* Lightly grease and flour 2 loaf pans. Makes 2 loaves

Step 2

In mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar, add in bananas, if adding coconut you may want to add extra bananas or a tbsp of milk. Add eggs and cream together. Slowly add in flour mixture (flour, baking powder, baking soda). Blend all together till well mixed. Stir in pecans and coconut in if wanted. Mix well.
Step 3

Spoon mixture in to loaf pans filling half way. Bake 60-65 minutes where inserting knife comes out clean. Let bread cool 5 minutes then turn out of pan on to rack to continue to cool.
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