Best Banana Nut Bread

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- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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1 Loaf
ingredients
- 1 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1⁄4 teaspoons baking powder
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2⁄3 cup sugar
- 1⁄3 cup shortening
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 cup ripe banana, mashed
- 1⁄4 cup pecans or 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
- In a small bowl stir together flour,baking powder, salt and baking soda;set aside.
- In a large bowl cream sugar and shortening with an electric mixer until light,scraping the sides of the bowl often with a rubber spatula.
- Add the eggs ,one at a time, and the milk beating until smooth and fluffy after each addition.
- Add the flour mixture and mashed banana alternately to creamed mixture,beating until smooth after each addition.
- Gently fold in the chopped pecans or walnuts.
- Turn batter into lightly greased 8"x4"x2" loaf pan.
- Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
- Remove from pan;cool thoroughly on a wire rack.
- For easier slicing, wrap the loaf in foil and store overnight.
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This is truly the BEST Banana Nut Bread! Part of my recipe from the book I have was ripped out and after searching for quite a while, I couldn't find the missing piece. I decided to try and find it on line, and I can't tell you how happy I was to find you had posted it! Thanks so much for posting this recipe!!!!
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