JULY 1996
Recipe of the month

Little Gram's Banana Nut Bread

1 Cup sugar
½ Cup vegetable shortening
1 Cup bananas
2 eggs
2 Cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
¾ Cup nuts

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and bananas; mix.

Sift together flour, soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture. Add nuts. Mix well.

Bake at 350°F for 1 hour.

NOTES: The older/riper/blacker the bananas the better. Little Gram's nut of choice is walnut.

Source: Grandmothers' Favorite Recipes published in 1955 by the
National Federation of Grandmothers' Clubs of America, via Louise Wassman