Banana Fruit Bread

Ingredients

• 1 ³⁄₄ cups whole-wheat flour
• ¹⁄₃ cup bran
• 3 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1 tsp Apple Pie Spice
• ¹⁄₄ cup walnut crumbs
• 6 dried apricot halves
• 8 dried dates, chopped
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 1 ripe banana, mashed
• 1 cup low-fat milk
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 350° F (175° C).
2. Lightly grease loaf pan.
3. In large mixing bowl combine first 8 ingredients.
4. In second bowl, whisk egg, banana, milk, applesauce and vanilla extract.
5. Mix wet and dry ingredients until just combined. Spoon into loaf pan.
6. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
7. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan. Cool to room temperature on cooling rack.