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    • Banana Bread

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    Fruits, Vegetables, Eggs, Grains Polkadot, Lisa, Bread:quick, Fruits 1 Loaf

    INGREDIENTS

    1 3/4 c Unbleached flour
    2 3/4 ts Baking powder
    1/2 ts Cinnamon
    1/4 ts Allspice
    1/4 ts Nutmeg
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/3 c Vegetable oil
    2/3 c Sugar
    2 Eggs
    4 Bananas very ripe, mashed
    1/2 c Chopped pecans or walnuts optional

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Sift together flour, baking powder, spices, and salt.  Beat oil, sugar and
eggs at medium speed one minute. Add bananas to egg mixture. Mix until
blended.  Add flour mixture, beating at low speed only until blended. Turn
into greased loaf pan and bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in
center of loaf comes out clean.
Source: Lisa Clarke, based on a recipe by Alison Meyer
From: Lisa Date: 09-26-96 (12:10) The Polka Dot Cottage, a BBS with a taste
of home. 1-973-822-3627
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #713 by Lisa Clarke <lisa@gaf.com> on Aug 1,
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