Almost Vegan Banana Bread

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

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup banana, ripe (about 2 bananas)
• 1/2 cup almond milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening, solid (i like to use earth balance spread)
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1/4 cup almonds, toasted and chopped (or other nut of your choice, approximate amount used for topping)
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar (approximate amount used for topping)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 butter and flour loaf pan. (i use a stoneware loaf pan and only oil it slightly.).
• 3 in a medium bown, whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
• 4 in a small bowl, mash bananas. mix in milk and vanilla.
• 5 in large bowl, beat shortening with electric mixer until creamy.
• 6 gradually beat in sugar with shortening.
• 7 add eggs to shortening one at a time, mixing well after each.
• 8 alternately add the flour and banana mixtures to shortening mixture in two additions.
• 9 if you like nuts in your bread, add them here and use up to 1 cup.
• 10 pour into loaf pan.
• 11 sprinkle nuts and brown sugar on top and press into batter slightly. (this helps them to stick better after it's baked.).
• 12 bake for about 1 hour 10 minutes, or until tester comes out clean.
• 13 cool at least 5 minutes before removing from loaf pan.