Banana Tea Bread Recipe

• sifted flour1 3⁄4 cups
• baking powder↗2 teaspoons
• baking soda↗1⁄4 teaspoon
• salt↗1⁄2 teaspoon
• vegetable shortening↗1⁄3 cup
• sugar↗2⁄3 cup
• eggs, well beaten↗2
• mashed ripe banana1 cup

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 F.

2. 2

   Sift flour with baking powder, soda and salt.

3. 3

   Keep aside.

4. 4

   Cream shortening until light.

5. 5

   Then, add sugar gradually continuing to cream until fluffy.

6. 6

   Beat in eggs.

7. 7

   Add flour mixture alternately with bananas beginning and ending with flour.

8. 8

   Spoon into a well-greased loaf pan and bake about 1 hr 10 min until loaf pulls slightly from sides of pan and is springy to the touch.

9. 9

   Cool upright in pan for 10 min then turn out on a wire rack and cool before slicing.