Banana Bread with Apples

It feels like every time we buy bananas, which is quite frequently with three kids, they over-ripen before we are able to finish the bunch. Instead of throwing them away and the money that was spent on them, banana bread is the inevitable result. Also, our grocery store offers reduced prices for ripe bananas so sometimes we buy bananas just for this yummy bread. It's great for breakfast, dessert, or just as a snack.

ingredients:

wet ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs, beaten
3-5 mashed bananas
1 apple

dry ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
In a large bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Peel and core apple and cut into small cubes. Add to wet ingredients and fold with spatula.

Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack. Watch the kids gobble it up!

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