"gift in a jar" black forest banana bread

How To Make "gift in a jar" black forest banana bread

• 1

  Sift flour, baking powder and salt together in mixing bowl. Layer ingredients in 1-quart wide-mouth jar in following order: flour mixture, sugar, chips and nuts. Seal jar.
• 2

  Decorate jar and attach a gift tag with the following instructions: Black Forest Banana Bread: Makes 1 loaf. 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries 1/3 cup butter, softened 1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 large) 2 eggs 1 jar Black Forest Banana Bread Mix Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray. Drain cherries, reserving 2 tablespoons juice. Coarsely chop cherries. Beat butter in large bowl until smooth. beat in bananas, cherries, eggs and reserved cherry juice until well blended. Pour evenly into prepared pan. Bake 1 hour or until golden brown and a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove bread from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
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