Banana-Date Flaxseed Bread

• 1/2 cup flaxseeds
• 2/3 cup mashed ripe banana
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup flaxseeds
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup whole pitted dates, chopped
• Cooking spray

1. Place 1/2 cup flaxseeds in a blender, and process until ground to measure 3/4 cup flaxseed meal. Set flaxseed meal aside.
2. Preheat oven to 350u0b0.
3. Beat the banana, sugar, oil, and eggs at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine flour, flaxseed meal, 1/4 cup flaxseeds, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, and gradually add to sugar mixture, beating until well-blended. Stir in chopped dates. Spoon the batter into an 8 x 4-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake bread at 350u0b0 for 55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack, and remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.

flaxseeds, mashed ripe banana, sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, flour, flaxseeds, baking powder, baking soda, salt, dates, cooking spray

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/banana-date-flaxseed-bread (may not work)