Banana Bread
A nutty banana bread.
- Yield: Serves 8
- Preparation Time: 5 Minutes
- Cooking Time: 10 Minutes
Ingredients
- 260g plain flour
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 150g dark brown sugar
- 100g walnut crumbs or chopped walnuts
- 3 large over-ripe bananas
- 2 large eggs, lightly whisked
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 100g unsalted butter, melted, cooled
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 175°C. Lightly grease an 11cm x 22cm loaf pan and line base and 2 long sides with a sheet of baking paper, leaving 2cm overhanging.
- Sift flour, cinnamon, baking powder, soda and ½ teaspoon salt into a bowl with the brown sugar, then add the nuts.
- In a separate bowl, mash the bananas with a fork or potato masher, then stir in the eggs, vanilla extract and cooled melted butter. Using a rubber spatula or wooden spoon, fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until they're just combined - don't overmix.
- Scrape cake batter into prepared pan. Place in the oven and bake for 1 hour or until golden brown and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cool the loaf in pan 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool. Cut into 8-10 slices.
