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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 45 Minutes |
Ready In: 55 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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A tasty and healthy fruit bread that makes an ideal quick breakfast or snack. For kids and adults from The Organic Baby and Toddler Cookbook. Ingredients:
1/4 cup good-quality vegetable oil or 1/4 cup butter |
1/2 cup honey |
1 egg, beaten |
3/4 cup carrots (i use both) or 3/4 cup apple, grated (i use both) |
2 small bananas, mashed |
2/3 cup self-rising flour |
1/2 cup raisins or 1/2 cup dried cherries or 1/2 cup cranberries or 1/2 cup prune |
1 teaspoon lemon zest or 1 teaspoon orange zest, finely grated and chopped |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Cream the oil or butter with the honey in a mixing bowl. Gradually beat in the egg. Mix in the carrots or apples, bananas and flour (All-purpose flour may be used with 1/2 tsp baking powder); add the raisins, cherries, cranberries, or prunes and zest. Add a little extra flour, if necessary, until spoon stands upright in the mixture.
3. Turn the mixture into a greased 7in shallow, square cake pan and level the surface. Bake until golden brown, about 40-45 minutes.
4. Cool slightly, then lightly score into finger-shaped slices using a sharp knife. Cool completely in the pan, then cut into fingers and serve.
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