Extreme Banana Bread Makeover | Food Stuff

Ingredients

• ½ cup mashed, ripe banana
• 3 cups bread flour
• 2-1/4 teaspoons bread machine yeast
• 3 tablespoons butter, cut up
• ½ cup chopped dates
• 1 egg
• ½ teaspoon ground cardamom (you can leave this out but I never do)
• 3 tablespoons milk (any variety), lukewarm
• ½ cup toasted pecans
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3 tablespoons water, lukewarm