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Brown banana bread recipe

153 ratings

This is a simple banana bread recipe to make and a fantastic way to use any leftover bananas and storecupboard ingredients. A delicious bake for afternoon tea served slightly warmed and smothered with butter. See method

Serves 12
15 mins to prepare and 1 hr 20 mins to cook, 10 mins to cool
194 calories / serving
Vegetarian

Ingredients

250g self-raising flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon
100g caster sugar
4 bananas, ripe or brown
1 egg, beaten
75g butter, melted
1 vanilla pod
2 tsp demerara sugar

No self-raising flour? Add 2 tsp baking powder for every 150g plain flour

Each serving contains

Energy
820kj
194kcal 10%
Fat
6g 8%
Saturates
4g 18%
Sugars
16g 18%
Salt
0.5g 8%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 31.5g Protein 2.8g Fibre 1.4g

Method

Preheat the oven to gas 4, 180°C, fan 160°C. Grease and base line a loaf tin.
Sift the flour, pinch of salt, cinnamon and caster sugar together in a large bowl. Thinly slice half a banana and reserve for the top. Mash the remaining banana's until fairly smooth and runny.
Make a well in the centre of the flour, add the banana, egg, butter and chopped vanilla pod. Mix well with a wooden spoon to make a thick cake mixture.
Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin, top with the banana slices and sprinkle over the demerara sugar. Bake for 1 hr-1 hr 10 mins, or until the top is golden and springs back when prodded gently with your finger.
Cool in the tin for 10 mins, before transferring to a wire rack. When cold, serve in slices.

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