Recipe - Banana Coconut Bread

1 cup Currants
One half cup Dark rum
3 cup Flour
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Baking powder
2 teaspoon Cinnamon
One half teaspoon Grated nutmeg
2/3 cup Sweetened coconut
One half cup Vegetable shortening
1 cup Packed brown sugar
2 Eggs; beaten lightly
1/3 cup Buttermilk
1 cup Mashed ripe banana

Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 07:54:43 0500

From: Wendy Lockman wlockman@ra1.randomc.com

Heat rum and place in bowl with currants 1 hour. In separate bowl, sift
together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and 1/2
cup of the coconut. In a large bowl, cream vegetable shortening and brown
sugar till combined. Add eggs and beat well. Stir in buttermilk, banana and
currant mixture. Combine well. Add flour mixture and stir till just
combined. Spoon batter into greased loaf pan 9"x5"x2 3/4". Sprinkle with
remaining coconut and bake in preheated 350 F degree oven 60 to 70 minutes
or till done. Makes 1 loaf.

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