nana's cure-all banana loaf

Categories: Breads
Yield: 1 loaf

Measure	Ingredient
1¾ cup	All-purpose flour
2¼ teaspoon	Baking powder
½ teaspoon	Salt
⅔ cup	Sugar
⅓ cup	Butter
¼ teaspoon	Pure vanilla extract
¼ cup	Honey
1 teaspoon	Orange zest
2	Eggs
3 larges	Overripe bananas, mashed
¾ cup	Chopped black walnuts
¼ cup	Chopped dates (opt)

Preheat the oven to 350'F. Sift together into a bowl the flour, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, cream the sugar, butter, vanilla and honey and add the orange zest. Beat in the eggs and bananas.

Gradually add the sifted ingredients to the banana mixture. Fold in the nuts and dates. Pour the batter into a greased 9x5" bread pan and bake for 1 hour, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool and eat.