Fruit-Nut Bread
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
Two eggs
Three banana's, mashed
1/4 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup chopped marschino cherries
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate mini chips
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
Directions:
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and bananas; beat well. Add nuts, cherries, chips. Sift dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture.
Pour batter into 9 x 5-inch loaf pan, sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Bake at 350-degrees 60 to 75 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
When cool, frost with vanilla frosting or powdered sugar icing and decorate with chopped cherries, ground nuts and, if desired, a light sprinkling of green and red sugar. Or just decorate as desired! One year I used little gingerbread men - edible and they looked really cute with a light sprinkling of red sugar. Use your imagination!
Note: You can make these in mini-loaf pans and wrap with decorative wrap for gift giving.
