Tropical Fruit Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2/3 c. sugar
1/3 c. shortening
2 eggs
1 c. mashed, ripe bananas (2 to 3)
1/4 c. buttermilk
1 1/4 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. soda
1 c. whole bran
3/4 c. chopped, dried apricots
1/2 c. chopped nuts

Preparation

Cream sugar and
shortening.
Mix
in
eggs thoroughly. Combine bananas and buttermilk.
Blend dry ingredients and add alternately with banana
mixture
to creamed mixture.
Stir in bran, apricots and nuts.
Bake about 60 minutes in loaf pans.