This really delicious banana bread recipe is taken from my aunt’s Blue Ribbon cookbook which has to be at least 70 years old, although the book reveals no publication date. Its purpose was: “For everyday use in Canadian homes.” The foreword contains the following words of advice. “We would all enjoy better health and be better able to withstand sickness if more attention were paid to the proper selection and preparation of food”.
So eat your banana bread!
Ingredients:
- 4 tablespoons butter or shortening
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 and 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 ripe bananas, mashed
- 1/2 cup pecans
Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F. Cream the butter and sugar. Add the egg and beat until light and fluffy. Measure flour, add salt, baking powder and soda. Sift the dry ingredients together twice. Mash the bananas and add them to the creamed butter mixture, alternating with the flour. Fold in the pecans and pour into a lined loaf pan. Bake 60- 70 minutes.
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