Banana Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup mashed banana

Recipe

• 1 mix the flour, baking powder and salt.
• 2 mix the sugar, shortening, and eggs together.
• 3 stir in the bananas.
• 4 add the dry ingredients and stir just until smooth.
• 5 pour into a greased 9x5x3â€? loaf pan.
• 6 bake at 350 degrees until firmly set when lightly touched in the center, about 50 to 60 minutes. bread may crack across top; that’s fine.
• 7 cool on rack for 10 minutes and then remove from pan to continue cooling.