Leftover Blueberries and Ripe Bananas Are Tasty Breakfast Bread’s Starters

“I came up with this delicious bread when I had some ripe bananas and leftover blueberries on hand at the same time,” Susan Jackson writes. “It makes a wonderful breakfast bread or a dessert.”

BANANA-BLUEBERRY BREAD

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas

2 cups flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 cup blueberries

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, 1 at time, beating well after addition. Stir in mashed bananas. Mix flour and baking powder. Stir into creamed mixture. Gently fold in blueberries. Spoon into greased 9x5-inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees 1 hour. Cool on rack. Makes 1 loaf.

--SUSAN JACKSON

Thousand Oaks

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