Leslie Newman And Barbara Bretton’s Banana Bread

For my own part, I have never ceased to rejoice that God has appointed me to such an office. People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. Is that a sacrifice which brings its own blest reward in healthful activity, the consciousness of doing good, peace of mind, and a bright hope of a glorious destiny hereafter? Away with the word sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege. Anxiety, sickness, suffering, or danger, now and then, with a foregoing of the common conveniences and charities of this life, may make us pause, and cause the spirit to waver, and the soul to sink; but let this only be for a moment. All these are nothing when compared with the glory which shall be revealed in and for us. I never made a sacrifice.

David Livingstone

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Grains			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Sifted flour
1	t	Baking soda
1/2	t	Salt
3		Large, VERY RIPE bananas
		downright ugly-looking
		is
		best
1/4	lb	Soft butter
1	c	Sugar
2		Eggs
2/3	c	Walnuts
		Lots of cinnamon
		About 1 T vanilla

INSTRUCTIONS

Tony: This is our favorite banana bread. It's based on Leslie Newman's
recipe in her book "Feasts." Let me know what you think.  Preheat oven
to 350 degrees. Butter a loaf pan. Dust with flour. Cream  butter and
sugar until very fluffy. Add vanilla. Add eggs. Add  cinnamon. Add
flour mixture, only until blended. Beat in mashed  bananas. (Bananas
should be chunky.) Stir in nuts. Pour in flour pan.  Bake about one
hour.  Posted to EAT-L Digest 13 Sep 96  From:    Barbara Bretton
<bretton5@ECLIPSE.NET>  Date:    Sat, 14 Sep 1996 13:45:02 -0400

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