Recipe

Banana Bread Recipe

	Oregongrandma / All my dishes 1 year, 6 months ago Wonderful banana bread with a light hint of lemon. MMMMMM! Prep:10m Cook:55m Servings:12	Oregongrand
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Ingredients

1 3/4 cups flour

1 1/4 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

3/4 tsp. salt

2/3 cup sugar

1/3 cup shortening

2 eggs

1/2 cup broken walnuts

1 tsp. grated lemon peel

2 or 3 bananas

Directions

Sift flour and measure. Add the baking powder, soda and salt. Set aside. With electric mixer at low speed, gradually add sugar to the shortening and cream until fluffy. Add 1 egg at a time, beating at medium speed until smooth and light then add second egg and do the same. Add nuts and lemon rind and blend. Slice bananas into a medium sized bowl and mash to pulp, measure 1 cup. Add to sugar and shortening. Add flour mixture alternatly with banana mixture about 1/2 of each at a time. Mix at low speed just to blend after each flour mixture has been added. Pour into a greased loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.

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