This recipe was clipped from a newspaper and published in 1974. Recipe is typed below along with a scanned copy.
Banana Bread
“Freezes well. My family loves it.”
One and three-fourths cup all-purpose flour
Two tsps. baking powder
One-fourth tsp. baking soda
Three-fourths tsp. salt
One-third cup shortening
Two eggs
Two-thirds cup sugar
One cup mashed bananas (two or three bananas)
Grease 8x4x2½-inch loaf pan. Sift flour. Measure and sift with other dry ingredients. Cream shortening and sugar in three-quart mixing bowl until smooth. Add eggs one at a time and beat well after each. Stir in bananas. Add flour in four portions, and beat just till smooth after each.
Turn into pan. Bake in preheated 350-degree oven 50 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean. Remove to cake rack.