Cinnamon Banana Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 1/4 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup shortening
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 egg
• 2 medium sized ripe bananas

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 grease (8 1/2 x 4 1/2 in) bread pan with shortening (or pam for less fat).
• 3 sift together: all purpose flour, double-acting baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
• 4 in a separate bowl: fully blend until creamy with the back of a spoon - shortening (i used crisco in bar form for easy measurement), sugar, and lemon juice.
• 5 mash peeled ripe bananas with a fork (about 1 cup banana pulp).
• 6 beat into wet sugar mixture: egg and the banana pulp.
• 7 add dry sifted ingredients in 3 parts into the wet sugar mixture. beat the batter after each addition until it has a smooth consistency.
• 8 spoon batter into the greased bread pan.
• 9 bake 1 hr or until done (wooden toothpick comes out mostly clean from center of bread). cool bread before slicing.