Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Banana Walnut Bread with Date Paste

Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup mashed banana
1/2 cup date paste
1/2 stick butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
2 eggs
2 tbsp fat free milk
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 375F.
2. Combine the mashed banana and date paste with milk and mash to make a smooth paste.
3. In a bowl, hand mix the butter and banana-date paste. Add eggs and vanilla essenc
e and mix for another 2 minutes. (Use a spatula to mix)
4. Sift the all purpose flour and salt to remove any lumps and slowly add these dry ingredients to the wet ingredients using a spatula.
5. After mixing the wet and dry ingredients, add the chopped walnuts.
6. Pour it into a baking pan and bake for 40-50 minutes until done.

Tastes delicious with a cup of coffee or by itself. We ate it as breakfast and it was quite filling.
Didn't miss the sugar at all, date paste and banana added just the right amount of sweetness.
Next time I will try this with wheat flour instead of all purpose flour.

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