Best Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 12 c or more butter
- 1 c sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 c flour
- 1 tsp salt generous
- 3 large or 4 small bananas ripe
- 1 tsp soda
- 1 Tbsp sour milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 12 c chopped pecans or walnuts
Directions
- To make sour milk mix about 12 teaspoon white vinegar to the 1 tablespoon of milk and let stand until curdles
- Cream shortening and sugar
- Add beaten egg and salt
- Add flour and bananas alternately
- Dissolve soda in little tepid water and mix with the sour milk
- Add to batter
- Add vanilla and nuts
- Bake in greased loaf pan very slowly at 250 for 1 hour and 25 minutes
- Brown 10 minutes more if needed
- Toothpick test and let stand overnight before use having turned out to cool