Recipe#2009

Title: Banana 20

From: esined@inforail.MV.COM (Denise Gaunt) 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 Subject: Sweet Potato Banana Bread 
 Date: 21 Aug 1995 22:51:09 -0500 
 Message-ID: <41bk7d$3vu@vern.bga.com> 

3/4 cup oil
 4 eggs
 2 cups sugar
 3 ripe bananas, mashed
 2 medium sweet potatos cooked and peeled
 1/2 tsp. salt
 3 1/2 cups white flour
 2 tsps. cinnamon
 1 tsp. ginger
 1 1/2 cups wholewheat flour
 2/3 cup milk plus 2 tsps vinegar
 1 cup pecans, roasted, chopped
 Roast pecans in oven for 8 minutes at 350 degrees.  Cool.  Blend
 oil, eggs, sugar, bananas and sweet potato.  Puree with an electric
 mixer in bowl on high for 2 minutes or by hand.  Add whole-wheat
 flour and roasted pecans.  Pour into 2 loaf pans.  Bake at 350 for
 approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.
 Praline Icing
 1/2  cup brown sugar
 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter
 1 cup roasted pecans
 4 cups confectioner"s sugar
 1/4 cup water
 Cook brown sugar and butter over medium heat until melted (approximately
 2 minutes); add pecans and remove from heat.  Cool in bowl.  Add
 confectioner's sugar and half the water.  Blend, add more water as
 needed to make a thin icing.  Remove bread from pan while hot and
 ice the loaves.