Banana Nut Bread
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Recipe type: Sweet Treats, Breakfast and Brunch
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Serves: 12 slices
 
Ingredients
  • ¼ cup shortening
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 well beaten egg
  • 1 cup bran (I used All Bran Buds cereal)
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1½ cups mashed banana
  • 1½ cups sifted enriched flour
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ cup chopped nuts (I used walnuts but if I'd had pecans I would have used those instead)
Instructions
  1. Cream shortening and sugar; add egg, then bran and mix thoroughly.
  2. Combine water and bananas; add alternately with sifted dry ingredients. Mix thoroughly; add vanilla and nuts.
  3. Bake in a paper-lined loaf pan in a moderate oven (350F) for about one hour. Cool before slicing,
Recipe by In Good Taste at http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/banana-nut-bread/