Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Banana Nut Bread
















Preheat Oven to 350º

1 Stick margarine or butter

3/4 Cup sugar

2 Eggs - large

3 Bananas ripe and mashed

2 Cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

3/4 Cup nuts - chopped fine

1/2 teaspoon salt

Mix dry ingredients and bananas and eggs. Fold to mix completely. Over mixing will toughen the dough. Pour, dump and scrape into a well greased loaf pan. Place in middle of oven and bake for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 300º and bake for an additional 50 minutes. Let cool in pan and then turn out onto a wire rack to complete cooling before slicing.

Options: Add 1/2 cup of dried fruits such as apricots, cherries, golden raisins.

Decadent Option: After bread is cool wrap and refrigerate overnight. In the morning slice and place in the toaster or under a broiler with butter. Add peanut butter to the crispy toast and enjoy. Seriously, its killer with a cold glass of milk.

Decadent Option 2: Forget the peanut butter and slather on the Nutella. Now we are gettin' serious.

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