Originally Posted by true4uca
I used Canola oil. Is that a no no.
Did the recipe call for oil? or shortening?
And too, it could be the recipe is meant to be a harder bread, and not the soft banana loaf we oft think about.
And there could be a whole bunch of other reasons why it is hard ... oven, cook time, wrong flour, inaccurate measuring, substitutions, error in original recipe, etc.