Banana Bread

Ingredients

1-3/4 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
3 over ripe bananas
1/3 c. shortening
2/3 c. sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup toasted walnuts

Instructions

Heat oven to 350 deg F.

Sift together flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda. (cinnamon - see note)
Mash bananas into chunky paste. Whisk in melted shortening, sugar and eggs. (Vanilla extract - see note)

Fold in dry ingredients until just mixed.
Stir in nuts if using.

Bake for 1 hr or less - checking after 50 mins

Notes

You can use butter instead of shortening.
You can use brown sugar.
Add 3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon optional to dry ingredients
Add 1 tsp. vanilla extract optional to wet ingredients