Banana Bread, Kona-Island Style

Kona Inn Banana Bread Recipe:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/kona-inn-banana-bread-recipe/index.html

One substituion: instead of using one full cup shortening, substitute 1/2 c shortening plus 1/2c unsweetened apple sauce.

Also, we usually omit the nuts.

In a pinch, I've also used half butter/half applesauce, and that turned out great, too!

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 cup vegetable shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups ripe mashed bananas (about 6 bananas)
• 4 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350.

Grease and flour 2 8x4x3-inch loaf pans.

Stir together the flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl. In another larger bowl, mix together the shortening, sugar, mashed bananas, eggs and walnuts. Add the combined dry ingredients and stir only until the batter is thoroughly blended.

Pour into the prepared pans and bake 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaves comes out clean, or with only a few moist crumbs. Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn out on a rack and let cool completely.