Dorothy's Banana Nut Bread
photo by Lavender Lynn
- Ready In:
- 1hr 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
-
1 loaf
- Serves:
- 3-6
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup Crisco
- 4 1⁄2 teaspoons water
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs (whipped well)
- 3 bananas (very ripe)
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup walnuts (crushed)
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg (freshly grated)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
directions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- In a large bowl, mix the Crisco and sugar until smooth.
- Add vanilla and eggs and continue to blend
- Add salt and baking soda.
- Add in mashed bananas and continue to blend while adding buttermilk.
- Stir in flour and walnuts and mix thoroughly.
- Add maple syrup, nutmeg and cinnamon.
- Pour batter into glass loaf pan, leaving about 1/2 inch of space for bread to rise but adding more batter to the center (to get the dome shape).
- Place in oven and bake for 1.5 hours.
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