Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup all purpose flour
- 2 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup shortening
- ⅔ cups sugar
- ¾ teaspoons grated lemon zest
- 1 to 1 ½ cup mashed bananas (about 2-3 bananas)
- 1 or 2 large eggs (if you have 1 cup of bananas use 2 eggs, 1 ½ cup bananas use 1 egg)
- ⅓ cup dried mangoes (chopped)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉. Grease one 8 ½ x 4 ½ inch bread pan.
- In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt with a whisk.1 ¾ cup all purpose flour, 2 ¼ teaspoons baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt
- In a larger bowl, beat shortening, sugar and lemon zest together until creamy. Beat in eggs and bananas.⅓ cup shortening, ⅔ cups sugar, ¾ teaspoons grated lemon zest, 1 to 1 ½ cup mashed bananas, 1 or 2 large eggs
- Add the flour in 2 equal parts beating until smooth. Add mangoes.⅓ cup dried mangoes
- Pour into prepared bread pan and bake in preheated oven until brown and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, approximately 60 minutes.
Notes
The amount of eggs and bananas may seem a bit confusing as listed in the recipe. You need more eggs if you have less banana and less eggs if you have more bananas for the moisture content.