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The Best Banana Bread

Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time55 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Cuisine: American, Australian
Keyword: banana, best, bread, recipe
Servings: 10 slices
Calories: 280kcal

Ingredients

Cake

  • 3 very ripe bananas (about 350g peeled)
  • 125 g unsalted butter, melted
  • 170 g brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 200 g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 0.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 0.5 tsp salt
  • 80 g walnuts, roughly chopped (optional)

Instructions

Method

  • Preheat oven to 170°C fan-forced. Grease and line a 23x12cm loaf tin.
  • Mash bananas in a large bowl with a fork. Whisk in melted butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla.
  • Sift in flour, cinnamon, bicarb and salt. Fold through with a spatula just until combined. Fold in walnuts if using.
  • Pour batter into the loaf tin. Optionally, slice a banana in half lengthways and press cut-side up along the top.
  • Bake 50-55 minutes until a skewer comes out clean. Cool in tin 10 minutes, then on a rack.
  • Slice and serve with butter. Keeps for 4 days wrapped in the fridge.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 280kcal