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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