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Banana Nut Date Bread

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Banana Nut Date Bread

Elizabeth Yetter
This banana bread recipes calls for nuts and dates to give it its sweet, delicious flavor. What’s more, the recipe is super quick to make because it uses biscuit mix as the base for the bread. This recipe makes one large loaf of banana nut date bread.

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup shortening
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 large bananas, mashed
  • 2 cups biscuit mix
  • 1/4 cup chopped nuts
  • 1/2 cup dried chopped dates

Preparation:

  1. Preheat oven 350 degrees F.

  2. Grease 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan.

  3. In large bowl, blend sugar and shortening.

  4. Mix in eggs and mashed bananas.

  5. Mix in biscuit mix, nuts, and dates.

  6. Scraped batter into prepared loaf pan.

  7. Bake loaf for 1 hour or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.

  8. Remove loaf from pan and cool on rack.
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