Going Bananas Part one (for in AZ or anyone else)ot

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Banana Bread

3/4 cup butter or margarine

1-1/2 cup Brown Sugar

3 eggs

2 Cups All Bran Cereal

3 Cups mashed bananas (about 7...depends on size)

1/4 cup orange juice (or any sweet citrus juice)

3 cups flour

4 tsp Baking powder

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

Cream butter sugar and eggs together.

Add All Bran, mashed bananas and orange juice.

In seperate bowl combine dry ingredients and mix well.

Add dry ingredients to batter mixture and stir only enough so that all is

moistened and combined.

Pour into 8 or 9 inch loaf pans and bake at 350 F for 1 hour.

Cool slightly before unmolding.

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Banana Bread

1 1/4 cups sugar

1/2 cup margarine or butter -- softened

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (3 to 4 medium)

1/2 cup buttermilk

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup chopped nuts -- if desired

Heat oven to 350º.

Grease bottoms only of 2 loaf pans, 8 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 2 1/2 inches, or 1 loaf pan,

9 × 5 × 3 inches, with shortening.

Mix sugar and margarine in large bowl.

Stir in eggs until well blended.

Add bananas, buttermilk and vanilla.

Beat until smooth.

Stir in flour, baking soda and salt just until moistened.

Stir in the nuts.

Pour into pans.

Bake 8-inch loaves about 1 hour, 9-inch loaf about 1 1/4 hours, or until

toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool 5 minutes in pans on wire rack.

Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans and place top side up on wire

rack. Cool completely before slicing.

Wrap tightly and store at room temperature up to 4 days, or refrigerate up to 10

days.

Yield: 2 loaves

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Blueberry Banana Bread

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking soda

1 cup sugar

1 egg, beaten

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2/3 cup mashed bananas

1 cup fresh blueberries

1/2 cup chopped nuts

In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda and sugar.

In a separate bowl, combine egg, oil, and vanilla extract and mix.

Add to dry ingredients.

Fold in bananas and blueberries and mix well.

Add nuts and mix.

Pour into a greased loaf pan and cook at 350 degrees about 1 hour.

Allow bread to cool before slicing.

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