Banana Spice Bread

(servings 10-12 mini loaves)

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter (softened)
4 eggs
3 bananas (ripened)
1 1/4 tsp lemon juice
1/2 cup soy milk (vanilla lite)
1 T vanilla extract
1 pkg (2 oz) almond slices (finely chopped)
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground cardamom
1 T poppy seed (optional)
1 T cinnamon
pinch of nutmeg
pinch of allspice
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 cups flour


1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F with oven rack on the 2nd tier from the bottom of the oven.
2) Mix both sugars and butter until well blended.
3) Add the eggs, vanilla extract, bananas, lemon juice and milk; blend together.
4) Combine all the spices and almonds together, then add them to the batter mixture.
5) Lastly, add in the baking soda, salt, and flour; mix until well blended.
6) Grease an 8-count mini loaf pan and pour 1/2 cup of the batter into each section.
7) Bake for 35-45 minutes or until done.

Notes:
1) Chop the almonds into a fine powder witha food processor.
2) At the 30 minute mark, you can open the oven and top the bread with some toasted coconut, giving an added holiday look, if so desired.
3) This recipe was adapted from a banana bread recipe that is found on "canigetyourrecipe.blogspot.com". I took out and/or changed and added in some ingredients. So I guess you could say this is a semi-original recipe.