Title: Banana bread #2
 Categories: Polkadot, Faylen, Bread:quick, Fruits
      Yield: 1 Loaf
 
  1 3/4 c  Unbleached flour
  2 3/4 ts Baking powder
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/3 c  Shortening
    2/3 c  Sugar
      2    Eggs
      4    Bananas
           -very ripe, mashed
    1/2 c  Chopped pecans or walnuts
           -optional
 
  Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  
  Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.  Beat shortening in
  mixer until creamy. Add sugar and eggs, continue beating at medium
  speed one minute. Add bananas to egg mixture.  Mix until blended. Add
  flour mixture, beating at low speed only until blended.  Turn into
  buttered loaf pan and bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in
  center of loaf comes out clean.
  
  Notes: Substitute cream cheese for shortening.  For spicy version,
  add 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp mace and 1/4 tsp nutmeg to flour
  mixture.
  
  Recipe