banana bread
I opened my freezer to grab some leftovers and was pummelled with an avalanche of ice cold tupperware boxes. So I thought, maybe time to clear out the freezer? Whilst sorting it out I found three frozen, overripe bananas, so I made this banana bread. I’ve made a couple of different banana bread recipes but this one from ‘apples for jam‘ is the clear winner, it’s super yummy, give it a try. (The book is gorgeous, Tessa Kiros has created a lovely keepsake of family meals and anecdotes, and the recipes are sorted by colour!)
What you need
125g Butter
180g Dark Brown Sugar
3 or 4 Medium Ripe Bananas, Mashed
2 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
250g Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
3/4 tsp Baking Soda
3 Tbsp Warm Milk
A Pinch Of Salt
How you do it
Preheat the oven to 180˚C (350˚F) and butter a bread tin.
Cream the butter and sugar until smooth and then whisk in the mashed bananas. Add the eggs, vanilla, cinnamon and a pinch of salt and whisk in well. Sieve in the flour and baking powder and beat until smooth. Mix the baking soda into the milk and stir into the batter.
Scrape the mixture into the tin and bake for about 50 minutes, until the bread is crusty on the top and a skewer poked into the middle comes out clean.
apples for jam, by tessa kiros
My deep freeze cleanout also revealed a couple of banana’s this weekend … baking a loaf of bread is now on my to-do-list! Love the recipe so will give it a go – thank you …
Hi Sim, Thanks for sharing. I will give it a go this weekend. Lea and Finn will love it
Thanks Sim that was a winner. Saskia and i had a lot of fun making that yesterday and now i am taking your advise and having a little piece of cake and a cupa while my angel sleeps.
We miss you at the purple palace.
Renee
xx