Name: Fruit Bread
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter (softened); 1 cup sugar; 2 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla; 2 cups ﬂour; 1 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 cup banana (mashed (about 2 bananas)); 1/2 cup dates (chopped); 1 (11 oz) can mandarin oranges (drained); 1 cup flaked coconut; 2/3 cup sliced almonds; 1/2 cup maraschino cherries (chopped)

Fruit Bread

Course

Bread/Baked Goods, Breakfast, Desserts

Servings

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups ﬂour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup banana mashed (about 2 bananas)
1/2 cup dates chopped
1 (11 oz) can mandarin oranges drained
1 cup flaked coconut
2/3 cup sliced almonds
1/2 cup maraschino cherries chopped

Course

Bread/Baked Goods, Breakfast, Desserts

Servings

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups ﬂour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup banana mashed (about 2 bananas)
1/2 cup dates chopped
1 (11 oz) can mandarin oranges drained
1 cup flaked coconut
2/3 cup sliced almonds
1/2 cup maraschino cherries chopped

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar; beat in eggs and vanilla.
Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in separate bowl and add to creamed mixture.
Alternating with bananas, stir in dates, oranges, coconut, almonds, and cherries.
Pour into two greased loaf pans. Bake for 50–55 minutes.
Cool 10 minutes before removing bread from pans to a wire rack.
Cool completely before cutting. Tastes even better when eaten the following day.

Recipe Notes

Recipe courtesy of Pat Biesterveld, Mondovi, WI

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