Got a few bananas going brown in the fruit bowl? Yep me too.
This super simple loaf uses up 3 at a time. The fruit stops the loaf drying out so it’ll stay fresh and moist for a few days. If, of course, it lasts that long!
Packed Lunch Recipes ~ Super Simple Banana Loaf
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 15 mins
Ingredients
- 110 g butter softened
- 25 g sugar
- 1 egg
- 3 bananas mashed. The riper the better
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 225 g flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- A little water to bind
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 325/170/gas 3. Grease a loaf tin really well, then sprinkle with flour.
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Cream together the butter and sugar. Add the egg, bananas and zest.
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Slowly mix in the sieved flour, adding a tablespoon or two of water to bind the ingredients together if necessary.
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Scrape out into the loaf tin and bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean. Leave to cook on a cooling rack.
Tammy/Our Neck of the Woods says
29 April 2013 at 5:48 pmYummy! I love bananas and bread, so this sounds delicious!
Debs says
30 April 2013 at 8:46 amI love recipes like this one, made of store cupboard staples and delicious!
Bridget says
8 May 2013 at 9:55 pmGreat simple recipe. Just got to let some bananas over-ripen now, they’re the best ones for baking I think.
jason mossman says
12 October 2016 at 4:17 pmThey need to be ripe not overripe bananas. Overripe ones give away too much fluid when cooking. Also most recipes also say 50-60mins but in my 3 previous ovens even at gm5 banana breads always take at least 70 mins.
Jane Sarchet says
13 October 2016 at 6:06 pmThanks for the info Jason :)
Janie x