Banana Nut Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. shortening
2 c. sugar
3 c. flour
2 eggs
2 c. mashed bananas
1 c. chopped pecans
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
1/4 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Cream shortening and sugar, adding sugar slowly and beating until light.
Add unbeaten eggs, one at a time, then mashed bananas.
Next, sift the salt and flour together.
Stir soda in milk.
Add flour and buttermilk mixture.
Bake in tube pan or in 2 (9 x 5 x 3-inch) loaf pans.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour for tube pan and for 50 minutes for loaf pans.