Banana Dried Apricot And Sultana Bread Recipes

APRICOT BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Combine bananas and buttermilk. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with banana, beating well after each addition. Stir in bran, apricots and nuts. , Pour into a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

FRUITY BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Using kitchen shears, cut each apricot in half lengthwise. Holding halves together, cut four or five times crosswise. In a small saucepan, combine apricot pieces and orange juice. Bring to a boil, then remove from heat. Allow to rest until apricots have absorbed most of the liquid, about 1 hour.
• Heat oven to 325 degrees. Place a baking sheet in oven. Spray or oil a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan, and if desired, line with parchment paper. Melt butter in a microwave oven or small saucepan; reserve.
• In a mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside. In a large bowl, blend together reserved butter, 3/4 cup sugar, and orange zest. Mix in eggs one at a time, then mashed bananas, apricots, and nuts. Stir in flour mixture one-third at a time, stirring well after each addition.
• Scrape dough into pan, and sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Bake until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, 1 to 1 1/4 hours. Place pan on a rack to cool. To serve, remove from pan, and slice thinly. Serve at room temperature.

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.

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 & SULTANA LOAF

Steps:

• sift flour & baking powder tog & set aside, place butter
• &sugar in lge bowl & beat until pale & creamy