Papaya Bread

Last week, I took Little Boo to visit our neighbors. They introduced papaya to her, and she loved it - ate half of one within minutes. Seriously downed it! The very next day, I bought some papayas, and from the same store too. Guess what? Little Boo didn't even take a bite. She was over it. I ate one, but I couldn't eat all of them. So I Googled for any recipe calling for papaya. 

This papaya bread is delicious. The Husband even approved, and that truly means something in our family!

Ingredients:

1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Butter
2 Eggs
1 cup Mashed ripe papaya
1/4 cup Chopped walnuts (or any nuts of choice & amount to your liking)
1/2 cup Raisins (optional & amount to your liking)
1 1/2 cup Flour
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 tsp All Spice
1/2 Ground Ginger

Directions:

1) Cream sugar with butter until light.
2) Add eggs and beat until fluffy.
3) Mix in papaya, nuts and raisins.
4) In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, all spice and ginger.
5) Add this to the butter mixture a little bit at a time while mixing until all incorporated.
6) Pour batter into a greased and floured loaf pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 5 minutes.

Yum!