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Banana Pear Bread With Dates

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This bread is the best banana bread I have ever made. I didn't have enough of the ingredients I needed for banana bread so I improvised and the outcome was wonderful! I have to post this one so I will remember how to make it again. Entire family loved it.

by Some1sGrandma·published 2006-11-18

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Quick Breads

Servings

24 serving(s)

Total time

1h 10m

prep 10 min

Calories / serving

223 kcal

Ingredients (14)

serves

1 cup butter or 1 cup margarinemargarine
1 cup sugarsugar
1 cup Splenda granular (sugar substitute)
4 eggsegg
2 teaspoons vanillavanilla
3/4 teaspoon orange extractorange-extract
2 bananas (very ripe)banana
1 (15 ounce) can diced canned pears (drained)
3 cups flourflour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking sodabaking-soda
1 teaspoon saltsalt
1 teaspoon cinnamoncinnamon
1 cup sour creamsour-cream
2/3 cup chopped pitted datesdate

Instructions (11 steps)

01Preheat oven to 350.
02Grease 2 loaf pans.
03In a large bowl cream together butter, sugar, Splenda, vanilla, orange extract, and eggs.
04

Put into your blender 2 peeled bananas and half the can of pears (not juice). Puree.

05Stop blender and add cinnamon and enough pears to equal 2 cups of puree total. Blend again until all is smooth.

06Add the flour, soda and salt to the bowl of creamed butter and sugar mixture.

07Now add the fruit puree and the sour cream to the mixture and mix well.

08Fold in chopped dates.

09Scoop half the batter into each loaf pan and bake for about 1 hour.

10After 1 hour test center of loaf with a toothpick, if it comes out clean your bread is done, if not bake another 10 minutes and try again.

11Cool for at least 30 minutes before serving.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories: 223 kcal
Protein: 3 g
Fat: 11 g
Saturated fat: 6 g
Carbs: 29 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 15 g
Sodium: 301 mg
Cholesterol: 60 mg

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