Buttermilk Banana Bread

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My mom has been making this delicious, moist buttermilk banana bread recipe for 30 years; it was a family favorite for breakfast!

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 ¼ cups white sugar
  • ½ cup shortening
  • 2 large eggs, beaten
  • 1 cup mashed ripe bananas
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ cup buttermilk

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a loaf pan.
  2. Sift flour, baking soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl; set aside.
  3. Beat sugar and shortening together in a separate large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in bananas and vanilla extract. Slowly beat in buttermilk, continually beating, until smooth. Add flour mixture, continue beating until smooth; pour into the prepared loaf pan.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing from the pan; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
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