Wynette Richards

Banana Nut Bread

The Recipe

• 2 cups whole wheat flour or white flour or some mixture of each
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1-1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1/3 cup buttermilk (or 1/3 cup milk with 2 tsp. lemon juice stirred in)
• 1 cup mashed bananas (this is 2 or 3 bananas)
• 1 or 2 cups of walnuts or pecans

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Grease and flour a loaf pan.
3. Mix dry ingredients (including sugar) in a bowl.
4. In a separate, larger, bowl beat eggs and then stir in butter, buttermilk, and banana and mix well.
5. Add flour mixture and stir just until blended.
6. Gently stir in nuts.
7. Bake 50 to 60 minutes till toothpick comes out clean. Bread will also start to separate from pan.

• Use yoghurt instead of buttermilk.
• Use a bit less sugar.
• Use canola oil instead of butter.
• Add dried fruit: raisins? cranberries? chopped up prunes?