Banana Bread


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 399.8
  • Total Fat: 8.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 62.5 mg
  • Sodium: 669.3 mg
  • Total Carbs: 76.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.5 g
  • Protein: 8.0 g

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Introduction

The tastiest banana bread... not the healthiest, but the most delicious! I've been making this recipe since 1973 and I've never found a banana bread that equals its flavor. The tastiest banana bread... not the healthiest, but the most delicious! I've been making this recipe since 1973 and I've never found a banana bread that equals its flavor.
Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients



    Flour, white, 2 cup
    Baking Powder, 1 T
    Salt, 1 tsp
    Shortening - All Vegetable, 1/4 cup
    Sugar, 1 cup
    Banana, fresh, 2 medium very ripe
    Walnuts, .25 cup, chopped
    Egg, fresh, whole, raw, 2 large
    Buttermilk, lowfat, .3 cup

Tips

You can make buttermilk by using 1 teaspoon of lemon juice or vinegar, then add milk to make 1/3 cup.


Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine dry ingredients in one bowl. Mash the bananas in another bowl, then add nuts, egg and buttermilk and beat together. Mix the dry ingredients and the moist ingredients and beat to blend thoroughly. Place the batter in a greased loaf pan. Bake 45-50 minutes for a standard 5x9 loaf pan.

Serving Size: 2 slices

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user 1LAZYSUSAN.

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    Very Good
    Yummy! - 6/1/13