Randy's Mother's Banana Bread

This recipe is from our former church's cookbook, put together years ago before we moved away, another one of those wonderful community cookbooks with "real" recipes. I've made this one many, many times and have never been disappointed.

Randy's Mother's Banana Bread

1/4 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
3 bananas, mashed

Cream shortening; add sugar, then egg. Combine flour and soda. Fold in mashed bananas. Dust with powdered sugar. Bake in greased loaf pan for 1 hour at 325 degrees.

I was planning on baking a loaf of this tonight, while supper was cooking. It's so quick and easy to mix together and pop into the oven. I have the bananas, perfectly ripe and ready, and even bought sugar when I went to the grocery store earlier since I knew I was running low. Guess what. I'm out of flour. I can't believe I ran out of flour. I never run out of flour! Well, no banana bread for breakfast tomorrow. I guess the bananas will wait another day.

I started a new grocery list tonight. First item on the list: flour. (Sigh.)