MMMMM----- Meal-Master Recipe via Home Cookin 2.8

      Title: Banana Loaf (Microwave)
 Categories: Home Cookin,
      Yield: 4

      1    1/2 cups all purpose
           flour ( I
           didn't sift it, since  high
           altitude requires a
           little extra
           flour)
    1/4 c  wheat germ
    1/3 c  best olive oil
    2/3 c  sugar
      1 c  mashed banana pulp (2-1/2
           bananas)
    1/2 ts grated orange rind
           (didn't have a lemon)
      2    eggs (egg substitute)
    1/2 c  broken pecan meats
      8    apricots, cut into very
           small
           pieces
           The recipe actually
           called for 1 1/2
        c  of banana pulp, but I
           made a
           mistake, and it didn't
           seem to
           matter - the bread
           definitely tasted
           more of banana than
           anything else.
           So, I guess you can vary
           the banana
           pulp, according to what's
           on hand.

  Since I didn't have a loaf pan except one for Microwave, I
  decided to cook this recipe that way. It was a mistake - a loaf
  pan cooks the bread at the ends, first, and the middle didn't
  begin to look done till I'd cooked it 11 minutes. Next time, use
  the glass ring pan.
  Prepare ingredients: grate orange rind and set aside, mash
  bananas,
  dice the apricots and chop the nutmeats.
  Blend the oil, sugar and rind until creamy, then beat in the egg
  substitute and banana pulp.
  With the mixer on slow, add the baking powder, wheat germ and
  flour, then increase the speed to medium and beat the batter
  until smooth.
  Fold in the apricots and nutmeats.
  Spray the ring mold with canola oil spray. Scrape the batter into
  the mold and Microwave on high for 6 minutes (more if necessary).
  A toothpick inserted in the thickest part should come out clean.
  Turn out on a plate on a rack and cool before slicing.

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