cindy's banana bread , revised
I received a vitamix for our anniversary and wanted to try using it to bake something.I thought banana bread was an easy recipe to start with. I like looking for ways to "tweak" my recipes & my husband loves apricots so I decided to put some in my banana bread. The results? Scrumptious! Hubby said "Save that recipe!" So.... here it is! Enjoy.
prep time
15 Min
cook time
1 Hr 25 Min
method
Bake
yield
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 2 - large eggs
- 4 - very ripe med. bananas
- 1/4 cup dried apricots
- 1/2 cup walnuts
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
How To Make cindy's banana bread , revised
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Step 1Place all dry ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
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Step 2Put yogurt,eggs, shortening, bananas, apricots, & vanilla in vitamix and pulse until blended and apricots chopped. Alternately, you can cream all ingredients, except apricots together in a mixer. Chop the apricots and add with the nuts.
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Step 3Fold creamed mixture into flour mixture. Stirring just until blended.
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Step 4Stir in nuts and chopped apricots.
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Step 5Pour into a greased and lightly floured loaf pan. (Hint: Cut a strip of parchment paper the width of the loaf pan, making sure ends extend over sides of pan. Grease & flour pan, then pour batter in. Makes it real easy to remove from pan after baking.)
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Step 6Bake in 350 degree oven for approx. 1 hr. 25 minutes or until toothpick stuck in center of loaf comes out clean.
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Step 7Remove from pan & cool on wire rack until completely cooled before wrapping.
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