Fruit Bread Fingers

A tasty fruit bread makes an ideal quick breakfast or a snack to beat hunger pangs. This one combines grated apples or carrots with dried fruit and citrus zest.

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Ingredients

2 oz (60 g) good-quality vegetable oil, butter or margarine		2 small bananas, mashed
4 oz (125 g) runny honey		30 oz (90 g) self-raising flour
1 egg, beaten		2 oz (60 g) sultanas, dried cherries or cranberries
4 oz (125 g) carrots or apples, grated		1 tsp lemon or orange zest, finely grated and chopped

directions

Prep: 10 min Total:

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1
Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
2
Cream the oil, butter or margarine with the honey in a mixing bowl. Gradually beat in the egg. Mix in the carrots or apples, bananas and flour; add the sultanas, cherries or cranberries and zest. Add a little extra flour, if necessary, until a spoon stands upright in the mixture.
3
Turn the mixture into a lightly greased 7 in. (18 cm) shallow, square cake tin and level the surface. Bake until golden brown, about 45 minutes.
4
Cool slightly, then lightly mark into fingers using a sharp knife. Allow to cool completely in the tin, then cut into fingers to serve.

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