ngredients:

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 brown eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 cup mashed banana
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups Hockley Valley Premium Light Spelt Flour, unsifted
• 1/3 cup hot water (or 1/6 c. water and 1/6 c. buttermilk)
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Melt butter and blend in sugar.
• Mix in beaten eggs and mashed banana, and blend until smooth.
• In a separate bowl, stir together flour, salt, baking soda, and spelt flour.
• Add dry ingredients alternately with hot water to banana mixture.
• Stir in chopped nuts.
• Spoon batter into greased 9×5-inch loaf pan.
• Bake in a 325 degree oven for 1 hour and 10 min. or until done.
• Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn on rack to finish cooling.

 Yield: Makes 1 loaf.