I smelled those ripe bananas every time I walked by the kitchen. So, I decided to bake my favorite recipe for banana bread. The first time I had it was almost 30 years ago when Lou Jones, the reservationist at Holiday Inn-East in Kissimmee, brought it in and shared the recipe. The funny thing is I have marked two of the "unusual" ingredients as "optional". Here's the recipe:
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1 tsp. soda
1/8 tsp. salt
1 cup mashed bananas (I used 3 bananas)
1/4 cup nuts (optional)
1/2 cup marashino cherries (optional)
1/2 cup (or more) chocolate chips (this is what makes it delicious and still unusual)
Cream shortening and sugar.
Add eggs and cream well.
Sift dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture.
Stir in remaining ingredients.
Bake at 350 degrees C for 1 hour or longer.
Makes one delicious banana bread.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
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2 comments:
The banana bread sounds yummy. The Better Than Sex dessert sounds better. Oh. I forgot to read the ingredients. Oh well. Still sounds better.
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