Banana Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 3 large bananas, mashed
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon sour milk
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)
• 1/2 cup cranberries, chopped (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 cream shortening, sugar and egg. add mashed bananas and sour milk. note: to make sour milk, i place a drop of distilled vinegar in the bottom of the measuring spoon and fill the rest up with milk.
• 3 sift dry ingredients and add to banana mixture, mixing carefully.
• 4 divide the batter in half. i like to add nuts to one loaf, cranberries to the other or just make one or both plain.
• 5 pour batter into two greased loaf pans.
• 6 bake for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick or cake tester inserted in the center of each loaf comes out clean.
• 7 when done, remove from oven and cool on a wire rack for 1-2 hours.
• 8 to remove bread from pan, carefully turn pan upside-down and place hand under loaf to catch.
• 9 cut into 1/2-inch slices and serve with or without butter spread.
• 10 store in air-tight container. the bread will keep for up to five days.