Rice Bread

1 cup unsifted rice flour
1/2 tsp. salt
3 tsp. baking powder
4 tbsp. vegetable shortening
4 tbsp. sugar
2 egg yolks
1/2 cup milk
2 egg whites
1 ripe banana

Sift together rice flour, salt and baking powder. Cream shortening with sugar. Stir in egg yolks. Add flour alternately with milk,
beating after each addition. Beat egg whites stiff and fold with rubber spatula into mixture. Place banana in same bowl that held egg whites and beat to smooth pulp and fold into batter.

Spread in well greased loaf pan. Bake in 325 degree oven for 45 minutes. Bring heat to 450 degrees last 5 minutes of baking. Do not slice until cold.