Banana-Chip Nut Bread Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon plus 1-1/2 teaspoons butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon plus 1-1/2 teaspoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons beaten egg
• 1 medium ripe banana
• 1-1/2 teaspoons buttermilk
• 1/3 cup white rice flour
• 1/3 cup tapioca flour
• 1-1/2 teaspoons mashed potato flakes
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
• 2 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips
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Directions

• In a small bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Add egg; mix well. In a small bowl, mash banana with buttermilk. Combine the flours, potato flakes, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with banana mixture just until moistened. Fold in walnuts and chocolate chips.
• Pour into a 5-3/4-in. x 3-in. x 2-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Yield: 1 mini loaf (6 slices).

Banana-Chip Nut Bread published in Cooking for 2 Spring 2007, p35