If your family is anything like mine, they absolutely love banana bread. I love banana bread too, it’s delicious, it’s convenient, it can be a snack, breakfast, dessert or even something to pop in the freezer and defrost when guests arrive. It’s fast to make, it’s a one bowl wonder and every last morsel always gets eaten. A true winner!

If you have pears, you could always make a banana and pear bread or if your family don’t like bananas you could make a delicious coconut loaf.

Prep: 10 minutes

Cook: 35 minutes

Makes: 1 loaf

Ingredients

• 1 cup SR flour
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 50 g butter, melted
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup mashed banana

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180C and grease and line a 7 cm deep, 10 x 20 cm loaf tin.
2. Place all ingredients into a large bowl and mix well to combine.
3. Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf tin and bake for 30 -35 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
4. Allow to cool in pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.