Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1                cup  candied orange slices -- finely chopped
  1         tablespoon  sugar
  1         tablespoon  flour
     1/4           cup  crisco butter flavored shortening sticks
     1/2           cup  sugar
  1                     egg -- beaten
     1/2           cup  mashed bananas
  2 1/2           cups  flour -- sifted
  2          teaspoons  baking powder
     1/2      teaspoon  baking soda
     1/2      teaspoon  salt
     1/2           cup  buttermilk
     1/2           cup  chopped nuts -- optional

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix 1 tablespoon sugar and 1 tablespoon flour together and sprinkle on orange slices to keep them from sticking together. Cream shortening and sugar together; add egg and banana. Sift dry ingredients together; add milk. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture. Mix well. Add orange slices and nuts. Mix. Pour into greased and floured loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 65 minutes or until done. Let stand overnight before slicing. If butter flavored shortening is used to grease the pan it turns out better.

Nutritional Information:

226 Calories (kcal); 5g Total Fat; (19% calories from fat); 6g Protein; 41g Carbohydrate; 19mg Cholesterol; 287mg Sodium