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quick banana wheat germ bread

Recipe by
Sheryll Lyn
Jacksonville, FL

IF you have not prechopped your nuts and Cranberries, I would wait to preheat my oven, till that is finished. less it is cold and the extra heat is a plus. (I can be very slow.) Here in Florida, I put a much loved GE Table Top Oven outside and bake in the summers, but in the cold, I am happy to bake inside, sort of a combo of heating my home, making it smell wonderful and of course baking this quick bread. Also, I am very slow chopper of stuff, so you might be very quick.... so time to prepare is so unknown. And I do all with just a knife.... no fancy machines.

yield serving(s)
prep time 20 Min
cook time 55 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For quick banana wheat germ bread

  • 1 1/2 c
    all purpose flour
  • 2 1/4 tsp
    double acting baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 1/4 c
    wheat germ
  • 1/3 c
    unsalted butter
  • 2/3 c
    sugar
  • 3/4 tsp
    grated lemon rind (opt) but recommended
  • 2
    eggs
  • 1 1/4 c
    ripe banana pulp, mashed
  • 1/2 tsp
    lemon juice
  • 1/2 c
    or more broken nuts or any that you have on hand
  • 1/4 c
    finely chopped apricots or fresh frozen cranberries or frozen blueberries (yummm) or leave them out?

How To Make quick banana wheat germ bread

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350 Have all ingredients at about 75 F Sift before measuring: 1 1/2 C all purpose flour Resift with: 2 1/4 t double acting baking powder 1/2 t salt Add: 1/4 C wheat germ
  • 2
    Blend till creamy 1/3 C shortening (I use unsalted butter) 2/3 C sugar 3/4 t grated lemon rind
  • 3
    Beat in: 2 beaten eggs 1 to 1 1/4 C ripe banana pulp 1 t lemon juice
  • 4
    Add the sifted ingredients in about 3 parts to the sugar mixture. Beat the batter after each addition till smooth. Fold in 1/2 C broken nuts 1/4 C finely chopped Apricots, chopped Cranberries or?
  • 5
    Place the batter in a greased loaf or bread pan. Bake about 1 hour or till done. Cool before slicing.

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