Ingredients
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 cup vegetable shortening
2 cups sugar
2 cups mashed ripe banana (about 6 medium-size bananas)
4 eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup chopped walnuts
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350. Grease and flour the loaf pan. Stir and toss together the flour, salt, and baking soda. In a large bowl, mix the shortening, sugar, mashed banana, eggs, and walnuts. Add the combined dry ingredients and stir just until the batter is thoroughly blended. Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 65 to 70 minutes, or until a broom straw or skewer inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean. Remove from the oven, and let cool in the pan for about 5 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.