Quick Banana Apricot Bread
Quick Banana Bread recipe
Yield
16 servingsPrep
30 minCook
60 minReady
90 minTrans-fat Free, Good source of fiber
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 ¾ | cups |
all-purpose flour
sifted |
|
| 2 ¼ | teaspoons |
baking powder
double-acting |
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| ⅓ | cup |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| ⅔ | cup |
sugar
|
|
| ¾ | teaspoon |
lemon zest
grated |
|
| 1 | each |
eggs
beaten |
|
| 1 | cup |
banana pulp
ripe |
* |
| ½ | cup |
nuts
broken |
|
| ¼ | cup |
apricots
dried, finely chopped |
*
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 414 | ml |
all-purpose flour
sifted |
|
| 11 | ml |
baking powder
double-acting |
|
| 2.5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 79 | ml |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 158 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 3.8 | ml |
lemon zest
grated |
|
| 1 | each |
eggs
beaten |
|
| 237 | ml |
banana pulp
ripe |
* |
| 118 | ml |
nuts
broken |
|
| 59 | ml |
apricots
dried, finely chopped |
*
|
Directions
Preheat oven to 350℉ (180℃).
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
Blend shortening, sugar and lemon rind until creamy.
Beat in eggs and banana.
Add the sifted ingredients in about 3 parts to the sugar mixture.
Beat the batter after each addition until smooth.
Fold in nuts and apricots.
Place the batter in a greased 8½ x 8½ loaf pan.
Bake the bread about 1 hour or until done.
Cool before slicing.
