Healthy? Banana Bread

After Angela and David came to stay at Mum and Dad's place there were some scammy bananas left over. On the continual hunt for a fantastic banana bread recipe I decided to combine a couple of recipes plus add my own touches. Delicious result.

1 1/2 cups Wholemeal SR flour (or substitute wm plain plus 1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 cup wheatgerm

1 tsp mixed spice

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

zest of half an orange

1/2 cup brown sugar

250g (1 1/2 cups) chopped dates

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

125g melted butter

1 cup milk

2 eggs

1 cup mashed banana (2- 3 large bananas)

Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease two 10x20cm loaf tins and line the base with baking paper.

Mix together the flour, wheatgerm, spices, orange zest, sugar, dates, walnuts. In another bowl mix together the butter, milk, eggs and banana. Mix the wet into the dry ingredients. Pour evenly between the two loaf tins.

Bake for 30-40 mins or until just cooked. They are cooked when a skewer comes out clean. Do not overcook them.

Great served with a generous layer of butter