Fruit Bread Fingers

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup good-quality vegetable oil or butter
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 egg, beaten
• 3/4 cup carrot or apple, grated
• 2 small bananas, mashed
• 2/3 cup self-rising flour
• 1/2 cup raisins or dried cherries or cranberries or prune
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest or orange zest, finely grated and chopped

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350.

2. 2

   Cream the oil or butter with the honey in a mixing bowl. Gradually beat in the egg. Mix in the carrots or apples, bananas and flour (All-purpose flour may be used with 1/2 tsp baking powder); add the raisins, cherries, cranberries, or prunes and zest. Add a little extra flour, if necessary, until spoon stands upright in the mixture.

3. 3

   Turn the mixture into a greased 7in shallow, square cake pan and level the surface. Bake until golden brown, about 40-45 minutes.

4. 4

   Cool slightly, then lightly score into finger-shaped slices using a sharp knife. Cool completely in the pan, then cut into fingers and serve.