BANANA BREAD

 

I am definitely a lover of cakes but there is nothing that says "Good morning sunshine!" as much as a good cup of coffee with some butter (Irish butter of course!) melting on top of a warm slice of banana bread...yum!

 

Today I am going to share with you my all times favourite recipe for Banana Bread. This beauty is moist and rich - the perfect comfort food. It takes no time to put it together (about 10 minutes only) and the rest is oven time. It freezes well too so if you have extra banana's hanging around by all means use them.

               

Makes 1 loaf

HAPPY TIP: Measuring your ingredients by weight will provide more accurate results in your cooking.

INGREDIENTS:

225gr (3/4 cup) of PLAIN FLOUR

1 tsp of SALT

1 tsp BAKING POWDER 

1tsp of CINNAMON

110gr (1/2 cup) of SUGAR

1 EGG (beaten)

75gr (75ml) of SUNFLOWER OIL

1 tsp of VANILLA EXTRACT

65gr of PECAN NUTS (or walnuts if you like although it's extra especial with pecans), chopped

4-5 RIPE BANANAS (the more spots on them the better)

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Preheat your oven to 180C.

2. Sift the flour, salt, baking powder and cinnamon into a bowl.

3. Stirr in the sugar.

4. Mix in the eggs, oil and vanilla extract (mix gently, do not beat)

5. Fold in the pecans and mashed bananas. (gently)

6. Pour the batter into a lined  loaf tin and bake it for 50-60 minutes, until the loaf is golden brown and springs back when prodded gently with your finger.

7. Leave it in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out on to a wire rack to cool. 

Enjoy it!

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Aline Larkin