Sliced banana bread loaf

Banana bread

Name: Banana bread
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Serves 10
Ingredients: 125g butter softened (you can use any kind but if unsalted add a pinch of salt with the flour) plus extra for the tin; 125g soft light brown sugar; 2 tsp baking powder; 225g plain flour; 2 eggs beaten; 450g unpeeled weight (about 3-4) ripe bananas mashed

Janine Ratcliffe

Published: April 20, 2022 at 1:34 PM

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Serves 10

Easy

Total time: 1 hr and 5 mins

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This classic banana loaf requires just six ingredients and is perfect for an easy teatime treat or breakfast snack. It's a great way to use up overripe bananas

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Ingredients

Nutrition

125g butter

softened (you can use any kind but if unsalted add a pinch of salt with the flour) plus extra for the tin
125g soft light brown sugar
2 tsp baking powder
225g plain flour
2 eggs

beaten
450g unpeeled weight (about 3-4) ripe bananas

mashed

Nutrition: per serving

kcal278
fat11.6g
saturates6.9g
carbs38.5g
sugars20g
fibre1.5g
protein4.3g
salt0.5g

Method

step 1

Butter a 900g loaf tin, then line with a wide strip of baking paper.
step 2

Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Beat the butter and sugar in a bowl with electric beaters for a 2-3 minutes or until fluffy. Tip in the baking powder and half the flour, half the eggs and half the bananas, and mix well (this will help prevent the mixture splitting). Add the rest of the flour, eggs and bananas, and mix to a batter.
step 3

Spoon into the loaf tin and level out. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes then turn out of the tin and cool completely on a wire rack before serving.

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