Applesauce Banana Bread (1982)

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 tbspns buttermilk
• 1/2 cup ripe bananas, mashed
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 2 cups sifted flour
• 3/4 tspn baking soda
• 1 tspn salt

Cream shortening and sugar. Add the liquid ingredients, then the dry ingredients. 

Pour into greased loaf pan, and bake at 350 degrees 45 to 60 minutes. 1/2 cup chopped nuts can be added, if desired.

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(Origin - "the Washington Cookbook" by Steven D. Harvey, published in 1982. "the Washington Cookbook is a fine collection of recipes gathered from all around the State of Washington.")