Fruit Bread Fingers

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup good-quality vegetable oil or 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 egg, beaten
• 3/4 cup carrots (i use both) or 3/4 cup apple, grated (i use both)
• 2 small bananas, mashed
• 2/3 cup self-rising flour
• 1/2 cup raisins or 1/2 cup dried cherries or 1/2 cup cranberries or 1/2 cup prune
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest or 1 teaspoon orange zest, finely grated and chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 cream the oil or butter with the honey in a mixing bowl. gradually beat in the egg. mix in the carrots or apples, bananas and flour (all-purpose flour may be used with 1/2 tsp baking powder); add the raisins, cherries, cranberries, or prunes and zest. add a little extra flour, if necessary, until spoon stands upright in the mixture.
• 3 turn the mixture into a greased 7in shallow, square cake pan and level the surface. bake until golden brown, about 40-45 minutes.
• 4 cool slightly, then lightly score into finger-shaped slices using a sharp knife. cool completely in the pan, then cut into fingers and serve.