Banana Jumbos
Ingredients
1 cup shortening, (part butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup bananas, ripe, mashed
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla
3 cup flour
1/2 tbsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup nuts, chopped
THIN ICING
1 cup sugar, confectioners, sifted
1 tbsp milk, water or cream, to 2 t
1/2 tsp vanilla
Preparation
Mix shortening, sugar, and eggs thoroughly. Stir in bananas, butter-
milk, and vanilla. Measure flour by dipping method, or by sifting.
Stir flour, soda, and salt together; stir in. Blend in nuts. Chill
one hour.
Heat oven to 375 F. Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough two inches
apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake about 10 minutes, or
until delicately browned. If desired, frost with a thin
confectioners' sugar icing.
Icing: Mix sugar, milk and vanilla until smooth.
-- Betty Crocker's Cooky Book
per Sam Waring
Servings: 40
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