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BANANA BREAD LIKE MAMA USED TO MAKE
Ingredients
2 ¾
c
flour
4 ½
tsp
baking powder
1
tsp
salt
2/3
c
shortening
1 1/3
c
sugar
Grated rind of one lemon
3
eggs
5
mashed ripe bananas
1
cup
chopped pecans
1 ½
c
coarsely chopped dried apricots
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease or spray with cooking spray two 81/2”x 4 ½” loaf pans. Line the bottoms with parchment paper.
Stir together the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
Beat together the shortening, sugar and lemon rind until they are well mixed and creamy.
Beat in the eggs and the mashed banana. Stir until combined.
Stir in the flour in three batches, stirring until smooth.
Fold in the nuts and apricots.
Share the batter equally between the two pans.
Bake in the center of the oven for one hour until done. Bread should bounce back with touched and a tester should come out clean.
Cool for ten- fifteen minutes in the pan then turn the loaves out onto a wire rack to cool completely before slicing