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James Beard's Banana Bread 1 loaf

2 c. sifted all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 c. butter
1 c. granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 cup mashed very ripe bananas (about 2)
1/2 c. milk
1 tsp. lemon juice or vinegar
1/2 c. chopped nuts

Sift first three ingredients together. Cream the butter and
gradually
add the sugar. Mix well. Add eggs one at a time, then bananas and
mix
thoroughly. Combine milk and lemon juice which will curdle a bit.

Slowly and alternately fold in the flour and milk mixtures, beginning
and ending with the dry ingredients. Mix well after each addition.
Stir int he nuts, then pour the batter into a lavishly buttered 9x5
inch
pan and bake in a preheated 350deg. oven for one hour or until the
brad
springs back when lightly touched in the center.

This is the second recipe for banana bread in his "Beard on Bread"
cookbook and he comments "This is another banana bread which I find
lighter and perhaps more flavorful than the previous one, although
both
are extremely interesting breads."

gloria p