FIRST OPERATION:

2 1/4 c. bread flour, sifted
4 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. fine granulated sugar
5 tbsp. shortening
3/4 c. cold sweet milk
1/4 c. orange juice
1 fresh egg, well beaten
Grated rind of 1 med. size orange

To the flour add baking powder, salt and fine granulated sugar and sift over grated orange rind. Mix thoroughly; then blend in shortening. Combine milk, orange juice and beaten egg and mix well. Set aside while preparing the other mixture.

SECOND OPERATION:

2 c. bread flour, sifted
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 c. granulated sugar
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 c. wheat flour, unsifted
1/2 c. shortening
2 eggs, well beaten
2 tbsp. honey
2 tbsp. sour cream
4 bananas, mashed (medium sized)
Melted butter for tops

Add baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon, sugar and nutmeg to flour and sift together over unsifted wheat. Blend thoroughly. Combine shortening, beaten eggs, honey and sour cream and beat briskly, adding while going along the mashed bananas, blending well. Add to the flour mixture, a little at a time, beating well after each addition until smooth. Grease 2 large pans; line them with wax paper. Divide batter between the loaf pans; brush tops with melted butter and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until tops are brown and bread shrunken from sides of pans. Cool before slicing.