Banana bread

[calibrax]

Made a few of these yesterday, took some into the office, it seems to be very popular

[eybic]

I make that sometimes, problem I have is that I taste a bit to make sure it's ok then end up eating it all before anyone else can try it.

[Georgiegirl]

That looks good, mine always end up a bit soggy and heavy - what recipe do you use?

[WTD]

yeah i was going to say the same, mines more like banana stodge brick, rather than the light and crumbly loaf you've posted! Recipe please!

[Mrs BlueCerbera]

Love banana bread. I always use the Cbeebies recipe, but double the quantities for a normal sized loaf tin otherwise it looks a bit pathetic

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/icancook/makes/chunk...

[calibrax]

The recipe which I nicked from "Asterix" on here....


250g plain flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
pinch salt
115g butter
115g dark brown soft sugar
2 eggs, beaten
500g mashed over-ripe bananas

1. Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas mark 4. Lightly grease a 23x13cm loaf tin.
2. In a large bowl, combine flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt.
3. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour mxture into prepared loaf tin.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a knife inserted into centre of the loaf comes out clean. Leave to cool in tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire cooling rack.

[eybic]

bookmarked for my next foray into Banana bread.

[condor]

I like to add ground cinnamon, vanilla extract and a good handful of sultanas as well

[alfa pint]

Cherries and chopped walnuts in mine!

Using too many bananas and/or eggs is what makes it stodgy! 2 bananas max

[Rutter]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Couple of good recipes for it here in the banana bread thread

[Dibble]

I use the exact same recipe given above, but usually substitute some of the banana for the equivalent weight of dried cranberries. It's always popular at work. Wholemeal flour's another option too.

[Penny-lope]

Where the walnuts? You have to have a bit of bite in it...hmm guess what I might make tomorrow

[deviant]

It tastes amazing if you toast it and drown it in proper butter.

[Georgiegirl]

Good news - tried the recipe above and it came out looking great. Bad news - the dogs thought so too and stole it off the side while it was cooling and devoured the lot.


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