Dorothy's Banana Nut Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

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

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• 2 in a large bowl, mix the crisco and sugar until smooth.
• 3 add vanilla and eggs and continue to blend
• 4 add salt and baking soda.
• 5 add in mashed bananas and continue to blend while adding buttermilk.
• 6 stir in flour and walnuts and mix thoroughly.
• 7 add maple syrup, nutmeg and cinnamon.
• 8 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).
• 9 place in oven and bake for 1.5 hours.