Kona Inn Banana Bread
From fewls 9 years ago
- 1 hour 30 minutes to make
- Serves 8
This recipe comes from an early version of the Fanny Farmer Cookbook. This banana bread recipe is supposed to have been created by cooks at the Kona Inn, a historic landmark on the west coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. Read more The Kona Inn was built in 1928 and its 20 rooms were usually occupied by passengers from passing steamers and cruise ships. The Kona Inn Hotel closed in 1976, but the historic structure still stands today as the Kona Inn Shopping Village and the Kona Inn Restaurant. See less
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups flour shopping list
- 1 tsp. salt shopping list
- 2 tsps. baking soda shopping list
- 1 cup vegetable shortening shopping list
- 2 cups sugar shopping list
- 2 cups mashed ripe bananas shopping list
- 4 eggs, slightly beaten shopping list
- 1 cup walnuts shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 350º. Grease and flour the loaf pan.
- Stir and toss together the flour, salt and baking soda. In a large bowl, mix the shortening, sugar, mashed bananas, eggs and walnuts. Add the combined dry ingredients and stir just until the batter is thoroughly blended. Mix by hand, do not use an electric mixer, there will be some lumps; don't worry!
- Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 65 to 70 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan for about 5 minutes, then turn onto a rack to cool completely. CAn be served with softened cream cheese as a spread.
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