Posted by Darren Wood
I’m not much of a baker. I find it a chore making sure everything is weighed and measured. However due to a glut of over-ripe bananas I was forced to do something drastic… That’s right kids - I baked!
As with almost everything I do these days the first thing I did was to google “banana bread”. The first result seemed to be perfectly simple so I decided to go hard with it (with my own additions). I chose to make mini loaves so I have to alter the cooking time. You could easily make these muffin sized and probably use the same cooking time.
What you need
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 2 1/3 cups mashed overripe bananas
- 1/2 cup of chopped almonds
What do do
- Preheat your oven to 180°C. Grease your mini loaf pan/muffin tray.
- In a large mixing bowl combine the flour, baking soda and salt.
- In another bowl cream the brown sugar and butter (NOTE: I don’t have an electric mixer so I opted for the far more manly by-hand-solution). Stir in the beaten eggs and mashed banana until well blended.
- Stir banana mixture and almonds into flour mixture. Don’t over mix this - you don’t want to develop the gluten. Spoon batter into prepared loaf pan.
- Bake in the preheated over for about 40 mins until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.
- Cut/break bits off and apply butter
- Eat & enjoy!
