Budget Banana Bread

Budget Banana Bread is a thing of beauty. I made this for my daughter and thought I better test it. I then had to make another one as we ate the first one!! Served as part of a snack, a breakfast/brunch and even a sandwich. The banana flavour survives the cooking and gives a soft mellow hit.

Budget Banana Bread

This is an excellent recipe using overripe fruit that might otherwise be thrown away.

4.57 from 95 votes

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Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Sandwiches, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Bake, Banana, Bread, Dairy, Eggs, Vegetarian

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour hour

Total Time: 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 12 Slices

Calories: 264kcal

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Ingredients

 

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• 6 large bananas overripe/peel and mash
• 2 large eggs free range
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 cups flour AP or plain
• 115 g unsalted butter room temperature
• 150 g brown sugar

Instructions

• Preheat your oven to 175C/350F/Gas Mark 3
• Lightly oil/grease a loaf tin. I use a 5×9 inch tin which is ideal for the quantity of ingredients in this recipe.
• In a small mixing bowl add the brown sugar and butter and blend until lovely and smooth.
  150 g brown sugar, 115 g unsalted butter
• Add the eggs and mashed overripe bananas and blend once more.
  2 large eggs, 6 large bananas
• Add the baking soda, flour and salt into the bowl and mix well.
  ¼ tsp salt, 1 tsp baking soda, 2 cups flour
• Add the eggs/banana/sugar/butter mixture in the flour bowl and gently stir until there are no more lumps of flour.
• Transfer into the loaf tin and place in the middle shelf of the preheated oven.
• Bake for 50 minutes and test using a cocktail stick. Pierce the middle of the loaf and if it comes out clean then its cooked. Otherwise put back in the oven for another 5 – 10 minutes. Repeat test.
• When cooked, remove from the oven and leave on a heat proof stand to cool for 15 minutes. When the bread is cool enough to handle, flip the tin upside down to remove the bread.
• Place the bread on a wire rack or similar to cool.
• Enjoy.

Nutrition

Calories: 264kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 52mg | Sodium: 157mg | Potassium: 296mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 328IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 24mg | Iron: 1mg