Dorothy's Banana Fruit Bread
Martha
In the eighties, Dorothy made this recipe for gifts. It is spectacularly good.
ingredients
- 1 cup margarine
- 1 cup white sugar
- 3 eggs
- 5 large bananas, ripe and mashed
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
- 1/2 cup maraschino cherries, chopped
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
directions
- 1
Cream shortening with sugar, beating well. Add egg; beat well. Add bananas, and mix until smooth.
- 2
Reserve 1 Tablespoon flour.
- 3
Combine remaining flour, baking soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture. Stir in vanilla. Dredge pecans in reserved tablespoon of flour; stir into batter. Stir in chocolate chips and cherries by hand.
- 4
Divide batter among 3 greased and floured 7x3 1/2" loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan, and cool completely on wire rack.
- 5
Wrap and store in refrigerator. Freezes well.
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION PER SLICE:
- 1
Serving Size 95 g; Calories 330; Total Fat 15.5g; Saturated Fat 5.9g; Cholesterol 21mg; Sodium 102mg; Total Carbohydrates 43.2g; Dietary Fiber 2.3g; Sugars 23.9g; Protein 5.2g
- 2
Vitamin A 2%; Vitamin C 2%; Calcium 7%; Iron 10%
WEIGHT WATCHERS POINTS PER SLICE:
8
Source: Dorothy Schwer
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