Bread Recipes - FIG-BANANA WHEAT BREAD

Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
2 cups whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups (3 to 4 medium) mashed ripe bananas
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped dried figs


Procedures:
In large mixing bowl, cream sugar with butter until blended and
smooth; add eggs and beat until light; stir in bananas and lemon juice.
Stir flour, baking powder, soda, and salt together. Add to creamed
mixture. Stir in figs.
Grease one 9 x 5-inch loaf pan or 4 small, 5 1/2 x 3-inch loaf
pans. Turn mixture ino pans. Preheat oven to 350° F. Bake large loaf
about 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean;
bake smaller loaves for 30 minutes. Remove from pan or pans and
cool on rack.
MAKES 1 LARGE LOAF OR 4 SMALL LOAVES