Papaya bread

16 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1cupSugar
½cupButter or margarine
2Eggs
1cupMashed ripe papaya
¼cupChopped walnuts
½cupRaisins
cupFlour
¼teaspoonBaking powder
1teaspoonBaking soda
½teaspoonSalt
½teaspoonGround cinnamon
½teaspoonGround allspice
½teaspoonGround ginger

Directions

Cream sugar with butter until light. Add eggs and beat until fluffy.

Add papaya, nuts and raisins and mix. Sift flour with baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon, allspice and ginger. Add to butter mixture.

Pour batter into greased waxed-paper-lined 9- x 5-inch loaf pan. Bake at 325F about 1 hour 5 minutes. Or fill greased muffin pans ¾ full and bake at 325F 25 minutes.

Makes 1 loaf or 16 muffins