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Banana bread is a staple at our house over the holidays. When you get full of salty ham and deli meats and just sick to death of sweets like chocolate, cookies and candy--banana bread is the perfect alternative. It's so simple to make that the kids can just dump and bake. The sweet bread smothered in butter is just the thing to cleanse that holiday-filled palate. Pumpkin bread also does the trick, but we'll save that recipe for another day. Note that using really ripe bananas make this taste extra great.

Banana Bread

What you need:

1/2 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
6 bananas, sliced and mashed
3 slightly beaten eggs
4 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

What you do:

1. Cream shortening and sugar.

2. Add bananas and eggs. Mix well with an electric mixer.

3. Sift flour, soda and salt together and add to creamed mixture. Mix well.

4. Stir in chopped nuts (optional).

5. Baked in greased and floured loaf pans at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

6. When done, remove from loaf pans and cool on wire rack.

Children's Recipe Books:

New Junior Cookbook
Everything Kids' Cookbook
Cooking Rocks! Rachael Ray 30-Minute Meals for Kids
Mom and Me Cookbook

*15 Minute Moment* Take a minute to research a Christmas custom from another country, using the Internet or by going to the library.