Banana Nut Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup crisco shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3 bananas, mashed
• 1/3 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or 1/2 cup pecans

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 cream shortening and sugar. sift together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda and add to creamed mixture. add remaining ingredients; mix well.
• 3 pour into 2 well-greased loaf pans. bake for 55 to 60 minutes.
• 4 note: paula's original recipe indicated that it made one loaf and cooked for 40-45 minutes. it will not fit in 1 loaf pan and it definitely takes more than her stated time to cook.