Banana Bread

My mom would always buy the icky brown bananas that nobody likes so she’d have to turn them into a bread. This is a perfect way not to let your bananas go to waste.  I recommend to eat your slice with butter on it because banana bread always seems dry to me.

Ingredients:

• 1¾ Cups All-Purpose Flour, sifted
• 2¼ Teaspoon of Double-Acting Baking Powder
• ½ Teaspoon of Salt
• 1/3 Cup of Shortening
• 2/3 Cup of Sugar
• ¾ Teaspoon Lemon Rind, grated
• 1 – 2 Beaten Eggs
• 1 to 1¼ Cups of Ripe Banana Pulp
• Optional ingredients:
  • ½ Cup of Broken Nutmeats
  • ¼ Cup Dried Apricots, finely chopped

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Sift together all-purpose flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Blend until creamy: shortening, sugar, lemon rind.
• Beat in egg(s) and banana pulp into the sugar mixture.
• Add sifted ingredients in about three different parts to the sugar mixture.
• Beat the batter after each addition until smooth
• Optional: fold in nutmeats and/or dried apricots.
• Place in a greased bread pan and bake for about an hour.
• Cool before slicing.

 

Ying, Mildred, Susan Deborah. Goldsmith, and Ellen H. Connelly. The New Good Housekeeping Cookbook. New York: Hearst, 1986. Print.