a little of each

Ingredients

1 cup shortening

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

4 cups flour

2 tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

4 bananas, mashed

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup nuts (optional)

Directions

Cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and beat well. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt and add to creamed mixture. Stir in bananas, vanilla and nuts. Pour into greased loaf pans and bake at 350 degrees for one hour or until tester comes out clean. Cool five minutes and turn onto wire rack to cool completely.