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Banana Nut Bread

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Ingredients:

  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 cup butter (1 stick), room temperature
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 large ripe bananas, mashed
  • 1/2 cup chopped dried apricots or dates
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Preparation:

Grease bottom of a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.

In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. In a mixing bowl with a hand-held electric mixer, beat together butter and sugar on medium speed. Beat until light and fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla extract.

With mixer at low speed, beat in flour, alternating with mashed bananas. Stir in chopped apricots or dates and the chopped nuts. Bake at 350° until golden brown -- a toothpick inserted into center of bread comes out clean.

Cool bread in pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes; turn bread out onto rack; cool completely. For best flavor, wrap banana bread tightly in foil and store overnight before slicing and serving.

Makes one loaf of banana nut bread.

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4 out of 5 4 out of 5
Better than expectedJuly 25, 2009By melindacallihan
"I made the bread without looking at the reviews--I'm glad I didn't look at them first. This is a solid recipe. I added chopped figs since I only had a few dried apricots. The end result was moist and delicious. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is because of the lack of cooking time listed on the original recipe. I used an aluminimum pan and started off at 40 minutes, but ended up adding a lot more time since it was still gooey in the middle (my guess is around 15 more). My entire family enjoyed this (and it used up the last two bananas on the shelf)."

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