Banana bread

Name: Banana bread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 3 Very ripe bananas; 80 g Butter, melted; 120 g Brown sugar; 2 Eggs; 1 tsp Vanilla extract; 220 g Plain flour; 1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda; 1 tsp Ground cinnamon; 1 pinch salt; 60 g Walnuts, chopped (optional)

A moist, fragrant loaf made with very ripe bananas. Even better toasted with a little butter.

70 min15 prep · 55 cook
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340 kcalper serving

Ingredients

8 servings

Very ripe bananas3
Butter, melted80 g
Brown sugar120 g
Eggs2
Vanilla extract1 tsp
Plain flour220 g
Bicarbonate of soda1 tsp
Ground cinnamon1 tsp
salt1 pinch
Walnuts, chopped (optional)60 g

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Steps

1
Heat the oven to 175 °C and grease and line a 1 kg loaf tin.
2
Mash the bananas with a fork, then stir in the butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla.
3
Fold in the flour, bicarbonate, cinnamon and salt until just combined, then the walnuts.
4
Pour into the tin and bake until a skewer comes out clean.
5
Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack before slicing.

Tips and questions

How ripe should the bananas be?: Very: mostly black skins. They are sweeter and mash easily. You can ripen them faster in the oven at 150 °C for 15 minutes.
How do I know it is done?: A skewer in the centre comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs. If the top browns too quickly, cover it loosely with foil.
Can I freeze banana bread?: Yes, sliced and well wrapped, for up to 3 months. Toast the slices from frozen or thaw them at room temperature.

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Banana bread

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