Name: Banana walnut bread
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 125 gram butter; 1 teaspoon vanilla essence; 3/4 cup caster sugar; 2 eggs; 1 cup mashed banana; 3/4 cup self-raising flour; 3/4 cup plain flour; 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Ingredients

125 gram butter

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

3/4 cup caster sugar

2 eggs

1 cup mashed banana

3/4 cup self-raising flour

3/4 cup plain flour

1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Method

1.Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease two 8cm x 26cm bar pans, line bases with paper; grease paper.

2.Cream butter, essence and sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy, add eggs one at a time; beat until combined. Stir in half the banana with half the sifted dry ingredients and half the walnuts, then stir in remaining banana, dry ingredients and walnuts; stir until combined.

3.Spread mixture evenly into prepared pans. Bake for about 45 minutes. Stand 5 minutes before turning on to wire rack to cool. Serve buttered.

We used 3 bananas for this recipe. Keeping time: 2 days.
Note

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