Guinness Banana Nut Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 cups packed light brown sugar
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 cups guinness stout (for vegans try this sight http ( or or homepage.ntlworld.com or geraint.bevan or vegetarian_beers.ht)
• 2 cups broken walnuts, toasted
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon finely grated fresh ginger or 1 tablespoon candied ginger
• powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup oats, replaces 1/2 cup of flour with irish steel cut oats. i just spun them in the food processor with the

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.  lightly grease two 9 x 5-inch loaf pans.
• 2 in a large bowl cream the brown sugar, banana, eggs, vanilla and oil; set aside.
• 3 in a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, allspice, cardamom and cloves.
• 4 alternately blend the flour mixture and the beer into the creamed mixture.
• 5 stir in the walnuts, raisins, chocolate chips, and ginger to the mixture and blend well.
• 6 pour into the prepared pans.
• 7 bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in cake comes out clean.
• 8 leave in pan for 15 minutes to cool before turning out to cool completely on rack. plate and dust with sugar.