2/3 c Sugar
1/3 c Shortening
2 Eggs
1 c Mashed ripe bananas
1/4 c Buttermilk
1 1/4 c Sifted flour
1 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Baking soda
3/4 c Whole wheat flour
3/4 c Chopped dried apricots
1/2 c Coarsely chopped walnuts
Preheat oven to 325F. Grease a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan. Cream sugar and
shortening; mix in eggs thoroughly. Combine bananas and buttermilk. Sift
dry ingredients together; add alternately with banana mixture to creamed
mixture. Stir in whole wheat flour, apricots and walnuts; pour into greased
pan. Bake about 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out
clean. Crack in top of bread after baking is characteristic.
Yields
1 Servings