Banana Nut Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2/3 c. shortening
2 c. sugar
2 eggs
3 large bananas, mashed
3 c. flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. cherry juice or milk
1 c. maraschino cherries, chopped
1 1/2 c. nuts, chopped

Preparation

Sift flour, soda and salt together.
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time.
Add bananas alternately with flour and juice.
Mix well.
Add the vanilla, cherries and nuts which have been dredged with flour.
Cook at 325\u00b0 for 1 1/2 hours.
(This recipe makes 4 small loaves or one extra large one.)