Holiday Banana Loaf

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup fine shredded coconut
• 1/2 cup chopped cherries
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup mashed banana

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar well.
• 2 beat in eggs, 1 at a time beating well after each addition.
• 3 add vanilla and stir.
• 4 measure first amount of flour, add baking soda and baking powder and salt into separate bowl and stir.
• 5 toss walnuts, coconut and cherries with second amount of flour in another bowl.
• 6 add flour in 4 additions alternately with banana in 3 additions, beginning and ending with flour.
• 7 add fruit mixture, mix only until blended, do not overmix.
• 8 turn into greased 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
• 9 bake in 350f oven for 50-60 minutes or until an inserted wooden pick comes out clean.
• 10 let stand for 20 minutes.
• 11 turn out onto a rack to cool.