Debbie'S Banana Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 1/2 c. flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
2 c. mashed ripe bananas (4 to 6)
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
3/4 c. shortening
1 1/2 c. sugar
3 eggs
3/4 c. milk
1/2 c. chopped pecans or walnuts

Preparation

Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Mash bananas with rotary beater or fork.
Add lemon juice and mix. Cream shortening and sugar with electric mixer at medium speed. Add eggs and beat thoroughly until light and fluffy (4 minutes, beating in all).
Add dry ingredients alternately with milk.
Fold in bananas and nuts.
Mix after each addition.
Pour into 2 greased loaf pans.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean.
Cool in pans 10 minutes.
Remove and cool on wire racks.
Wrap in foil or plastic.
Freezes well.