½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon soda
½ cup chopped nut meats
1½ cups mashed bananas
2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cream shortening and sugar well. Add egg and ALL-BRAN. Sift flour with baking powder, salt, and soda. Mix nuts with flour and add alternately with mashed bananas to which the water has been added. Stir in vanilla. Pour into greased loaf tin. Let stand 30 minutes and bake in a moderate oven (375° F.) one hour. Let cool before cutting.
Yield: 1 loaf (8½ by 4½ inches).
(Illustrated on [page 3])
