Classic banana bread

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Granulated sugar
½ cup Shortening
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Mashed ripe bananas 2 medium
2 cups All-purpose flour
1 tablespoon Baking powder
¼ teaspoon Salt
1 cup Chopped Diamond® walnuts

Directions

Heat oven to 350° F. Grease a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. Combine sugar, shortening, eggs and vanilla; beat until light and fluffy. Blend in banana.

Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add to banana mixture; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in walnuts. Spoon batter into greased pan.

Bake for 60 to 70 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool on wire rack.

Makes 1 loaf.

Notes: Editor's hint: My Mom taught me to save old bananas in the freezer to make banana bread later. They don't look very good, but they make great bread!

Posted to brand-name-recipes by Beach Princess<barbra@...> on Jan 24, 1998

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