Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly grease (with Crisco) then flour a 9×5″ loaf pan. In a large bowl, combine flour, nuts, baking soda and salt.

In a separate bowl, cream together Crisco, sugar, and brown sugar. Stir in eggs, making sure they are well blended before continuing. Next, add milk, and when that’s mixed in, add the mashed bananas. I hate to nag, but this mixture needs to be well blended!

Add banana mixture to flour mixture and stir just to moisten. DO NOT OVER MIX! You’ll have some areas where the flour isn’t totally mixed in and that’s exactly what you want.

Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake in preheated oven for 45 to 55 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean.

Let bread cool in pan for 5 minutes, run a butter knife around edges, then turn out onto a wire rack.