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Ingredients
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| | | | 1 1/2 | cups | all-purpose flour | 1 | teaspoon | salt | 2 | teaspoons | baking powder | 1/2 | teaspoon | baking soda | 1/2 | stick | unsalted butter, room temperature | 1 | teaspoon | vanilla extract | 1/2 | cup, packed | dark brown sugar | 1 | large | eggs | 1 | cup | cereal, all bran | 4 | medium (7" to 7-7/8" long) | bananas | 2 | tablespoons | water | 1/2 | cup, packed | raisins, seedless | 1 | cup, chopped | walnuts |
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| | 1 | Adjust rack one-third up from the bottom of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan and dust with dry bread crumbs. | | 2 | Sift together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a bowl. | | 3 | In a separate large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter until soft. | | 4 | Add vanilla, then the sugar, and beat until well mixed. Add egg and beat until pale in color. Add bran cereal and beat just to mix. | | 5 | Coarsely mash bananas. Add water to bananas and stir into bran mixture. Add the raisins and walnuts and beat only to mix. | | 6 | Then, on low speed, add sifted dry ingredients, scraping the bowl with a rubber spatula. Do not overbeat. | | 7 | Optional: Mix in white chocolate chips. | | 8 | Turn mixture into prepared pan and smooth the top. Bake for one hour or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. | | 9 | Cool in pan for 10 to 15 minutes before removing from pan. Cool; refrigerate one or two hours before slicing. |
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