HAPPINESS IS THE SMELL OF FRESHLY BAKED BANANA BREAD
This delightful bread with a glossy, bronzed exterior, swirled with walnuts, perfectly crumbed, is impossibly delicious with ribbons of sweetened cream cheese frosting drizzled with more walnuts for that extra crunch. If you’re not a sweet tooth, it tastes just as great with a swift coat of butter.
I love baking loaves. I find the flavours to be more intense. It is an uncluttered one bowl mix, it’s quicker and definitely a lot less fuss. You could easily skip the toppings, keep it simple and still enjoy a chunky slice with your tea. It’s that good!
Using ripe bananas is ideal. If you’ve just bought bananas and it’s still very yellow or a bit green, yet you crave banana bread like me and can’t wait a day or two for the bananas to ripen, then here’s a quick trick!
Simply place the bananas onto a baking sheet and let them bake at 150 degree celcius for 40-45 minutes. Don’t bother flipping them halfway through.
Once cooled, you’re good to go.
Happy baking banana bread!️
BANANA BREAD
Ingredients
- 3 large ripe bananas
- 3 tsp oil
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 3 tbsp butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- ½ cup milk
- ½ tsp bicarb
- 2 cups cake wheat flour
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Smash bananas and oil together
- Keep aside
- Beat butter and sugar together.
- Drop in the eggs
- Whisk together
- Add in the mashed bananas, flour and baking powder.
- Mix the milk and bicarb together and pour into the bowl
- Mix well
- Gently stir in the walnuts
- Pour mixture into a grease loaf pan
- Bake at 180 degree celcius for 35 minutes
- Once cooked, leave to cool before slicing or topping with cream cheese frosting.
