Banana Nut Bread

By starspangledlady

Ingredients

• 1 tsp. salt
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup shortening
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 3 medium bananas
• 1 cup pecans
• 4 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 tsp soda

Preparation

Step 1

Beat salt, sugar, shortening, eggs, pecans and vanilla together until fluffy. Mash bananas and add to the creamed mixture. Add flour alternately with buttermilk with soda mixed in.
Pour into greased and floured loaf pans or muffin tins and bake
at 325 degrees for approx. 50 minutes (only 35 minutes for muffins).
Yields 3 loafs or 2 loafs and 12 muffins.