Apricot Banana Quick Bread Recipes

APRICOT BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar; add eggs, mix well.
• Mix bananas and buttermilk.
• Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda,and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with banana mixture.
• Stir in bran, apricots, and nuts.
• Pour in greased 9in loaf pan.
• Bake at 350* for 55-60 minutes, until bread tests done.
• Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan.

BANANA AND APRICOT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180C (350F/Gas 4).
• Lightly grease and line a 10cm x 20cm (4inch x 8inch) loaf tin.
• Put the apricots, sultanas and apple juice into a pan and bgring to the boil and cook for 10 minutes or until the fruit has absorbed all the liquid.
• Sift the flour, baking powder and mixed spice into a bowl and stir in the oat bran and sugar or sweetener.
• Whisk together the eggs, buttermilk and oil and stir into the dry ingredients and then fold in the mashed banana and fruit mixture.
• Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the centre.
• Set aside for 5 minutes before turning out on a wire rack to cool completely.
• Serve the bread plain or with a low fat spread.