banana bread

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 3 bananas (the riper the better)
  • 2 cups all-purpose (plain) flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup walnuts (optional)

Instructions:

  1. Pre-heat oven to 325°F/160°C.
  2. Grease a loaf pan (coat lightly with butter/oil/spray)
  3. Cream butter and sugar together in a bowl, using a wooden spoon, ’til smooth.  (It’s ok to melt the butter in the microwave a bit.)
  4. Add an egg and mix well.
  5. Peel bananas and break into bits. Mash them up with a potato masher – or a fork – on a plate. Add to butter/sugar/egg mixture.
  6. In a separate bowl, mix the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
  7. Mix together wet and dry mixtures.
  8. If you’re adding nuts, now’s the time.
  9. Spoon/pour into greased loaf pan.
  10. Bake 1 hour, or until you can insert a toothpick/knife into the bread and it doesn’t come out in batter.
  11. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan.

Enjoy!