Apple Banana Tea Bread

This is a very easy tea bread to make. It is not too sweet and all the ingredients are mixed together in a single bowl.

2 ½ cups all purpose flour

½ cup white sugar

½ cup dark brown sugar

3 ½ teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

3 tablespoons Greek style plain yogurt

½ cup half and half

1 egg

1 Granny Smith apple, peeled and cored

2-3 ripe bananas

Juice from half a lemon

½ teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon allspice

Directions

1.      Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit

2.      Grease and line the bottom of a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan with parchment paper. Grease and flour the sides. Cut half of the apple into thin slices and arrange at bottom of pan.

3.      Finely grate the remaining half of the apple and place in a mixing bowl, along with the juice of half a lemon. Mash 2-3 ripe bananas (enough to give you 1 cup of “mash”, and add to finely grated apple.

4.      Add the yogurt, egg, and half and half to the apple/banana mixture and set aside.

5.      Measure the flour, baking powder, salt, spices into a mixing bowl.

6.      Add wet to dry ingredients and mix using a paddle attachment on the stand mixer for about 1 minute.

7.      Pour batter into loaf pan and top with cranberries and pumpkin seeds.

8.      Bake for 55-65 minutes until top is brown and cake tester inserted into center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan, then invert on a rack to cool.