| INGREDIENTS | |
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| 3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened | |
| 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar | |
| 4 eggs | |
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| 2 cups all-purpose flour | |
| 2 teaspoon baking soda | |
| 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon | |
| 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves | |
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| 2 cups mashed bananas | |
| 1/2 cup milk | |
| 2 cups uncooked, regular oats* | |
| 1 1/4 cups raisins | |
| 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans | |
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DIRECTIONS |
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| - Cream butter, gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. | |
| - Combine flour, soda, cinnamon, and cloves; add to creamed mixture alternately with mashed banana and milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Fold in oats, raisins, and pecans. Spoon batter into two greased 8 x 5 x 3 inch loafpans. | |
| - Bake at 350 degrees F. for 55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan, and cool on a wire rack. Yield: 2 loaves. | |
| * I use quick oats. |