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Banana Bread

A moist, lightly spiced loaf that makes the most of very ripe bananas.

15
Prep min
60
Cook min
10
Serves
Easy
Level
Banana Bread

Photo: Wouter Supardi Salari / Unsplash

Cooking steps

1
Medium heat

Heat the oven to 175 °C and butter and line a loaf tin.

2

Mix the melted butter, bananas, sugar, eggs and vanilla in a large bowl.

3

Add the flour, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon and salt and fold in gently.

no dry flour is left
Do not overmix; a few lumps are fine.
4
Bake loaf: 60 minMedium heat

Pour into the tin and bake.

risen and cooked through; a skewer pushed into the middle comes out clean
Cover loosely with foil if the top browns too fast.
5
Cool loaf: 15 min

Leave to cool in the tin, then turn out onto a rack.

Slice once it is fully cool; it keeps for 3 days wrapped.
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