Easy banana bread recipe

[sasha_feather]

1/2 c shortening (1 stick butter)
1 1/2 c sugar
2 eggs
1/2 c buttermilk or milk
1 c mashed ripe bananas
2 c flour
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
1/2 c nuts or chocolate chips

2 loaf pans, sprayed with non-stick spray

Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Pour batter into pans. Bake for 1 hour or until golden-brown.

Comments

[damned_colonial]

Is the shortening melted, cubed, mushed up somehow?

[sasha_feather]

Hm, because I am lazy, I just take a stick of butter out of the fridge. Because this is hard to mix, I use an electric hand mixer. It seems to work. Setting it out beforehand to rise to room temp would probably work better. I have not tried melting it or using a different shortening, but this recipe is pretty forgiving.

[damned_colonial]

OK, that's rather like my recipe then :) I ask because I've been through EXACTLY that issue with the cold butter, and was visualising a well-mixed cake batter with a big yellow rectangle floating in it ;)

When I do it, I mix the butter and sugar together (electric hand mixer or vigorous wooden spoon action) til creamy, then add the egg, then throw everything else in.

Also I like walnuts in mine rather than choc chips :)

[sasha_feather]

WALNUTS?! :O :O

That's what the original recipe calls for. I have a sweet tooth though. :)

[damned_colonial]

Ah, I have like the anti-sweet-tooth. I usually use less sugar than the recipe calls for in these sorts of breads, and add nuts. Makes it more in tune with my screwy metabolism.

[brigid]

Not the OP, but in my personal experience batter breads work well with liquid (melted) shortening, and don't need to be creamed or blended while cold/room temperature.