Peanut Quick Bread

Ingredients: 2 cups sifted flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 to 1/2 cup of sugar 1.25 cups milk  2 tablespoons fat (you can use oil if you prefer) 1 egg 1 cup chopped peanuts Method: Sift the dry ingredients together Work the fat (or oil) into the mixture Beat the egg with the milk, and stir into the mixture Finally, add the chopped peanuts to the mix and blend everything together Pour the mix into a lightly greased loaf pan and bake in a moderate oven (350o F or 180o C) for about an hour Tip: You can also try these exciting variants- Peanut-Prune Bread Add 1/2 to 2/3 of a cup of chopped prunes to the milk and egg mixture and let it stand for a few minutes before adding it to the bread mix (if you try this variant, you should also sift 1/2 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda with the dry ingredients)   Peanut-Orange Bread Mix in 1/2 cup of orange marmalade with the milk and egg   Peanut-Banana Bread Mix 1/2 cup of mashed bananas with the beaten egg and milk