Ingredients:

2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup chopped dried apricots
3/4 cup chopped walnuts
3/4 cup ripe banana, mashed
2/3 cup buttermilk
1 egg
1/4 cup melted butter
1 tsp vanilla

Methods:

Preheat oven to 350°. In large bowl, mix dry ingredients, then stir in apricots and nuts ’till coated with flour mixture. In second bowl, combine “wet” ingredients. Stir/fold liquid into dry ingredients, just until blended. (Don’t over mix or heat.) Grease bread pan or (about 3) mini loaf pans and pour in batter. Bake in preheated oven at 350° for 45-60 min. (about 45 for mini loaves, about one hour for large loaf). Let cool in pan(s) for about 15 min., then turn out on rack. Keeps in refrigerator for several days. Can be frozen.