Banana Nut Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. shortening
2 eggs
1 c. mashed ripe bananas
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. all-purpose flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1 c. pecans

Preparation

Cream shortening and sugar together.
Beat eggs until light and add to sugar.
Blend mashed bananas and lemon juice to creamed mixture.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt together.
Add to creamed mixture.
Add nuts.
Bake in greased loaf pan (9 x 5-inches) in moderate oven (325\u00b0) for about one hour.
This recipe may be doubled.
Bake in 2 loaf pans.