Mom's Banana Bread Recipe!

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 very ripened bananas (the blacker the better)
• cooking spray
• 1 teaspoon ish flour
• 1 cup pecans (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a liquid mixing cup, pour 1 tsp of vinegar and enough milk to make 1/2 cup (be sure to put the vinegar in first and then add your milk).
• 2 mix together dry ingredients: flour, salt and baking soda in a separate bowl (sift, if desired).
• 3 in your blender, mix together vanilla and 3 bananas until they are soup like in texture.
• 4 cream together shortening and sugar in your mixing bowl.
• 5 add 2 eggs to creamed shortening and sugar mixture. mix well.
• 6 slowly add dry ingredients and sour milk mixture. be sure to alternate between the two.
• 7 slowly add in the souplike banana mixture and pecans (if desired).
• 8 spray bundt pan with cooking spray and flour (i usually use about 1 tsp of flour, but it depends on your pan, how coated you want it, etc.).
• 9 bake at 350 for 1 hour. check for doneness by inserting a toothpick. if it comes out clean, it's finished. if not, put back into the oven for 5 minutes and keep going that way until your toothpick comes out clean.
• 10 invert cake and allow to cool for 10-20 minutes.