Quick Banana Bread

Ingredients

220 gr sifted all-purpose flour
10 gr double-acting baking powder
1 gr salt
65 gr shortening
130 gr sugar
1 gr lemon rind
1 egg see note
150 gr ripe banana pulp see note
70 gr broken nutmeats
65 gr apricots

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Blend shortening, sugar and lemon rind until creamy. Beat in eggs and banana. Add the sifted ingredients in about 3 parts to the sugar mixture. Beat the batter after each addition until smooth. Fold in nuts and apricots. Place the batter in a greased 8.5 x 4.5 loaf pan. Bake the bread about 1 hour or until done. Cool before slicing.