Showing posts with label banana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label banana. Show all posts

Monday, March 16, 2009

Banana Bread

This is my favorite recipe from the book 'Apples for Jam'.


Ingredients:

  • 125 g butter
  • 1 cup dark brown sugar
  • 4 medium ripe bananas
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 3 tablespoons milk

Method:

  • Pre heat oven to 180 degrees C, butter a 12 x 4 inch loaf tin.
  • Cream butter and sugar until smooth and whisk in bananas.
  • Add eggs, vanilla, cinnamon and a pinch of salt, whisk well.
  • Sieve in flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and milk and fold in until smooth.
  • Scrape mixture into tin and bake for about 50minutes until skewer when inserted into centre of bread comes out clean. Turn onto rack to cool.