Bishop Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana (2 medium)
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate piece
• 1 cup chopped roasted peanuts

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f.
• 2 grease and flour a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan, set aside.
• 3 in a large bowl, beat sugar, shortening, eggs and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• 4 beat in bananas.
• 5 stir together flour, baking powder and salt.
• 6 add to banana mixture.
• 7 stir just until dry ingredients are moistened.
• 8 fold in the chocolate pieces and 2/3 cup of the peanuts.
• 9 pour batter into prepared pan.
• 10 sprinkle with remaining peanuts.
• 11 bake in a 350°f oven for 60 to 70 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 12 cool in pan 10 minutes.
• 13 remove from pan and cool on wire rack.
• 14 alternative:.
• 15 for mini-loaves, prepare batter as above.
• 16 grease and flour 8 mini-loaf pans (4 1/2-inch x 2 1/2-inch x 1 1/2-inch).
• 17 pour 1/2 cup batter into each pan and sprinkle with chopped peanuts, about 2 teaspoons per loaf.
• 18 bake in a 350°f oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 19 cool in pan 10 minutes.
• 20 remove from pan and cool on wire rack.