Recipe

Vegetarian

Banana Bread

Soft, sweet and wonderfully comforting, this easy banana bread is a brilliant way to turn overripe bananas into something delicious to share with a cup of tea.
Difficulty Easy
50 minutes
Serves 8 people

Ingredients

  • 3 Medium Bananas — Overripe is best
  • 2 x Eggs — Ripe and mashed (pre mashed okay)
  • 80g Butter — Melted
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 160g Porridge Oats
  • 60g Chopped Walnuts — Optional
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • Pinch of Salt

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat the oven to 180C / Fan 160C.

  2. Step 2

    Mash your bananas together in a large bowl (the riper the bananas are the easier this will be.)

  3. Step 3

    Add the eggs, melted butter and vanilla extract. Mix together well.

  4. Step 4

    Add the oats, baking powder and salt to the bowl, stir well to ensure the ingredients are fully combined.

  5. Step 5

    If you are using walnuts add them to the mixture now and stir gently, you can also use pecans instead or add some chocolate chips instead of nuts.

  6. Step 6

    Pour the mixture into a lined baking tin, a loaf tin is ideal but use what you have.

  7. Step 7

    Bake for approximately 40 minutes or until it looks golden on top.