Banana Bread
A plain loaf made with very ripe bananas, butter and a little sugar.
- Servings
- 8
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 55 min
- Total time
- 1 h 10 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Cuisine
- American
VegetarianMake aheadDessertBaked
Ingredients
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- 3 pc very ripe bananas
- 250 g plain flour
- 100 g butter — melted
- 120 g sugar
- 2 pc eggs
- 1 tsp baking soda
Method
- Heat the oven to 175 °C / 350 °F and line a loaf tin.
- Mash the bananas in a large bowl until almost smooth. A few small lumps are fine.
- Stir in the melted butter, sugar and eggs until evenly combined.
- Fold in the flour and baking soda until only just combined — a few streaks of flour are fine, and overmixing makes the loaf tough.
- Pour into the tin and bake for 50–60 minutes. Start checking at 50 minutes: a skewer pushed into the centre should come out clean.
- Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack.
Before you cook
- The batter contains raw flour and raw egg. Do not taste or eat it raw; bake the loaf through as described.