4 tablespoons butter chilled cut into small pieces
1 cup buttermilk
0.5 cup apricots dried chopped
2 eggs beaten
3 cups flour all-purpose
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
0.5 cup pecans chopped
Equipment
bowl
frying pan
oven
wire rack
blender
loaf pan
toothpicks
Directions
Heat oven to 350 F. Lightly coat a 5-by-9-inch loaf pan with vegetable cooking spray.
Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon in a large bowl. Using your fingertips or a pastry blender, work the butter into the dry ingredients until it looks like coarse crumbs.
Mix in the pecans and apricots. Stir in the bananas, buttermilk, and eggs until well blended.
Pour into pan.
Bake 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean. Turn onto a wire rack.
VARIATIONS: Substitute 1/2 cup flaked coconut or any dried fruit (such as golden or brown raisins or dates) for the dried apricots.
