Ingredients
1 3/4 cup sifted flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/3 cup butter
2/3 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup bananas, mashed
1 cup blueberries
Directions
Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, and salt. Set aside. Cream
butter and gradually beat in sugar until light and fluffy.
Beat in eggs one at a time. Add flour mixture and banana alternately
in three parts. Gently stir in blueberries. Turn into oiled 9 x
5-inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes. Turn out of pan
to cool.
Servings: 1 servings
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Categories: Banana; Bread; Breads; Fruit
The History of Recipes
We are able to read the history of written recipes far back into distant history, in truth as far into history as the Egypt of the Pharoahs, and possibly even further than that. Interesting though that is, in the main part, these old records were just simple hieroglyphic instructions for food preparation.
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