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Banana Bread in a Jar Recipe Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
⅔ cup shortening
2 ⅔ cups white sugar
4 eggs
2 cups mashed bananas
⅔ cup water
3 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 ½ teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
⅔ cup chopped pecans or walnuts

You will also need:

12 - 250 ml canning jars
funnel
Recommend: Sterilize the jars if you plan on sealing and storing the finished jars of bread.
Directions:
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease insides of a dozen 250ml canning jars. (I wiped mine down with vegetable oil.)
2. In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Mash bananas.
4. Beat in eggs, bananas, and water.
5. Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon, and cloves.
6. Add to banana mixture. Add nuts and stir them in with spoon.
7. Insert canning funnel into mouth of jar and pour mixture into greased jars, filling half full.
8. Place jars directly on rack in oven.
Do NOT put lids on jars for baking. Be careful to keep the rims clean, wiping off any batter that gets on the rims.
9. Bake for 45 minutes.
10. While jars are still warm, add lids. Screw on tightly. If you sterilized your jars (as I mentioned, I didn’t because I didn’t plan on storing mine), listen for the ping once you have added the lids; this means that the jar is sealed. If you miss the “ping”, wait until they are completely cool and press on the top of the lid. If it doesn’t move at all, it’s sealed.

Tip: If the bread rises above the lip of the jar, you can push it down when you apply the lid.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
These are cute, fun for the kiddos to help you make and give as great little gifts to neighbors, teachers, party favors...just use your imagination! Bonus...they taste pretty awesome, too!

 

 

 

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