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Banana Bread

Course Snack
Cuisine American
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 8

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 beaten eggs
  • 2 cups sifted flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 5 tablespoons sour milk
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 large bananas mashed
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup nuts optional

Instructions

  • Make sour milk: combine 5 tablespoons milk with 3/4 teaspoon lemon juice and microwave for 1 minute
  • Thoroughly cream sugar and shortening
  • Add eggs and mix well
  • Sift together flour and salt
  • Mix together sour milk, baking soda, mashed bananas, and vanilla extra
  • Add wet and dry ingredients to mixer, alternating dry, wet, dry, wet, dry
  • Add nuts if using
  • Mix well then pour into prepared loaf pan
  • Bake at 350 for 45 minutes for 3 small loaves or 1 hour for one large loaf