Banana Tea Bread

Submitted by keen5

"This was my grandma's recipe. She got it back in 1955, from a local church cookbook in Great Neck, NY. This is really good! Prep time is approximate."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 50mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 1 loaf

ingredients

• 1 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄3 cup shortening
• 2⁄3 cup sugar
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 2 1⁄2 - 3 ripe bananas, mashed

directions

1. Sift together flour, baking powder, soda and salt.
2. Beat shortening until creamy.
3. Add sugar gradually and continue beating until light and fluffy.
4. Add eggs and beat well.
5. Add flour mixture alternately with bananas, a small amount at a time, beating after each addition until smooth.
6. Turn into a well-greased bread pan (8 1/2x4 1/2x3 inches).
7. Bake at 300 degrees, about 1 hour 10 minutes, or until bread is done.
8. Note: Use fully ripe bananas, yellow peel flecked with brown.

Reviews

[NoraMarie]

I had a cookbook given to me in 1965 and that recipe is in it.I have been making it since then.Sometimes I add nuts in it.