Banana Honey Nut Bread

I love bananas and I love cake. This recipe takes care of both. Plus it's easy to make and comes our great every time. Variations of this recipe add 1/2 cups of blueberries or currents or frost the loaves and serve as dessert.

Banana Honey Nut Bread

• 1/3 cups shortening, butter flavored if available
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup honey
  
• 4 eggs
• 3.5 cups flour, all-purpose
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 6 (3 cups) bananas, over ripe and mashed (Little known fact, children love to mash)
  
• 1 cup pecans, chopped

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease two bread pans or six mini-bread pans.
2. In a large bowl, combine shortening and sugar and mix completely. (Children can add the ingredients)
   
3. Add eggs to bowl and mix until combined.
4. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
   
5. Stir half of the flour mixture and half of the bananas into the sugar mixture mix until combined. Add remaining flour and bananas and mix until combined. (Let the sous chef mix this time)
   
6. Pour batter into prepared loaf pans. (Kids work the spatula here)
   
7. Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes rotate pans and bake for another 20 to 25 minutes until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 5 minutes, then remove from pans and cool completely on a wire rack.
8. Enjoy.
   

Makes approximately six mini-loafs with six servings per loaf.
Prep Time 15 min
Cook Time 40-45 min
Total Time 1 hour