The book has this recipe more than once. Also here as Banana Bread in Recipe Box and Banana Bread in Recipe Box. Same dish, different piece of paper — kept separately on purpose, because each copy came into the house its own way.
Summary
Handwritten two-sided recipe card for a classic creamed-shortening banana bread, baked at least an hour and sliced 1/2 inch thick.
Key contents
Ingredients: - 1/2 cup shortening - 1 cup sugar - 2 eggs, beaten - 3 Tbl. sour milk - 1/2 tsp. salt - 2 cups flour - 3 mashed bananas - 1 tsp. soda
Method: Cream the sugar and shortening. Add eggs, sour milk, bananas, and flour. Bake at least an hour in a moderate oven of 350°. Cool and slice 1/2 inch slices.
Card is complete and cookable as written.
★ Name disambiguated 2026-08-19 — this is NOT a duplicate
A recipe named banana-bread was already filed. The two were compared page by page and they are
different recipes on different papers in different hands:
banana-bread (already filed) |
this card | |
|---|---|---|
| Card | Hallmark preprinted "Recipe For" form | plain lined index card |
| Fat | butter, 1 cup | shortening, ½ cup |
| Bananas | 4 | 3 |
| Liquid | buttermilk, 4 TB | sour milk, 3 TBL |
| Topping | yes — brown sugar, butter, milk, nuts | none |
| Bake | 45–50 min, 325° glass / 350° tin, 2 loaves | at least 1 hr at 350°, sliced ½" |
Filed under a distinguishing name so both survive. The already-filed card keeps its name and its published
URL. (Same hand and card stock as strawberry-pie from this batch — one writer's set.)
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