1 3/4 c Unbleached flour
2 3/4 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
1/3 c Shortening
2/3 c Sugar
2 Eggs
4 Bananas
-very ripe, mashed
1/2 c Chopped pecans or walnuts
-optional
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat shortening in mixer
until creamy. Add sugar and eggs, continue beating at medium speed one
minute. Add bananas to egg mixture. Mix until blended. Add flour mixture,
beating at low speed only until blended. Turn into buttered loaf pan and
bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out
clean.
Notes: Substitute cream cheese for shortening. For spicy version, add 1/2
tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp mace and 1/4 tsp nutmeg to flour mixture.
Yields
1 Loaf