Best Banana-Nut Bread Recipe

From the Alpha-Bakery childrens cookbook put out by Gold Medal Flour when I was a kid. I used to love cooking up all these recipes with my mom!

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 1⁄2 cups bananas, mashed (3 large)
• 3⁄4 cup  vegetable oil
• 2  eggs
• 2  cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 cup  nuts, chopped
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 2  teaspoons vanilla
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Heat oven to 325°F.
2. Grease loaf pan with shortening, using a pastry brush.
3. Mix sugar, bananas, oil, and eggs in a large bowl with a wooden spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients. Pour into pan.
4. Bake until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 60-70 minutes.
5. Let cool 10 minutes, then loosen sides of loaf from pan and remove. Let cool completely before slicing.