why anybody would want to ingest shortening I don't know. Shortening is disgusting as there is nothing remotely healthy or tasty about it to me, someone who puts his health first. However this recipes got a lot of reviews and I needed to bake something for a friend. I siubbed the shortening for butter. The bread did not rise however previously I have had this experience baking banana bread and I believe the cause is not creaming the butter and sugar FIRST then adding the eggs one at a time, not as it is written above (creaming sugar, butter and eggs together). Could the reason also be because the baking powder might have expired?

Reviewed On: Nov. 24, 2008