Nana Bran Bread

• 1 – 3/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking POWDER
• 1/2 tsp baking SODA
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup margarine, softened
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups Bran flakes (crushed to abt a cup)
• 1 1/2 cups ripe bananas (abt 3)

PREHEAT OVEN TO 350(f)

Sift together all DRY ingredients except sugar and set aside.

In a large bowl, beat sugar and margarine.  Add the egg and mix well.  Mix in the cereal and mashed bananas.  Add the flour mixture, mixing only enough to combine it.  Dont over beat it or you wont have any banana chunkies left in your bread! 

Spread the batter in a buttered loaf pan, and bake at 350(f) for abt 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.  Let cool abt 10 minutes before trying to remove from pan, and then remove from pan and let cool on a cooling rack completely before trying to slice.

source: Nana’s recipe box

**this is the best smelling bread…  Nothing like waking up to this cooking in the morning.  It just fills the entire house and feels like HOME.  *sigh*