Secret Recipes

Grandma's Banana Bread

• 1/2 cup shortening (margarine)
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp vinegar added to 1/2 cup milk
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 1/2 cups (3 very ripe) bananas

Mash the bananas. Cream the shortening, sugar, and eggs. Add the liquids. Add the salt, flour and soda last.

Pour into one greased bread pan. Bake at 350°F for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted comes out clean.

Servings:

1 loaf