Banana bread

Ingredients

For 10 portions

• 🍌 3 medium banana
• 🌾 250g flour
• 🍚 150g sugar
• 🧈 7 Tbsp butter
• 🍳 2 medium egg
• 🧂 1 Tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
• 🌿 1 Tsp cinnamon
• 🧂 1 pinch salt

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (fan 160 °C). Grease and line a 900 g (2 lb) loaf tin.
2. Mash the bananas thoroughly in a large bowl until mostly smooth (a few small lumps are fine).
3. Melt the butter and leave to cool slightly. Stir the melted butter, sugar and beaten eggs into the bananas until well combined.
4. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon and salt. Fold the dry ingredients into the banana mixture until just combined – do not overmix.
5. Spoon the batter into the prepared tin and level the top. Bake for 50–60 minutes until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs. If the top browns too quickly, cover loosely with foil for the last 15 minutes.
6. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.