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Quick and Easy Banana Bread

Quick and Easy Banana Bread

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.
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