Banana Bread

Banana Bread

Makes: 1 small loaf (9 slices)

You will need

1 cup (100 g ) plain flour / all purpose flour / maida
1/2 teaspoon cooking soda
1 pinch salt
3/4 cup (77 g) sugar
2 tablespoon beaten egg mixture (beat 1 egg and take only 2 tablespoon egg mixture)
2 tablespoon melted butter
1 medium size banana (90 g) or 2 small size bananas, mash well
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
Extra 1 teaspoon butter (to grease)
Extra 2 teaspoons flour

Method

Preheat oven at 350 * F or 180* C.

Grease baking dish / loaf pan with 1 teaspoon butter and dust with 2 teaspoons flour (sprinkle about 2 teaspoons of flour inside a cake pan and shake to coat all greased surface. Turn pan upside down to tap out the excess flour ) or greased butter paper.

Sieve flour with cooking soda and salt. Sieve twice.

In a bowl, mix sugar and beaten egg mixture with an wooden spoon or thick ladle.

Add melted butter and mix again gently.

Add mashed banana and mix well.

Add sieved flour and vanilla essence. Mix all the ingredients well or until the flour well blended.

Pour the banana mixture into a paper - lined and greased or greased loaf pan / baking dish and bake at 180 * C or 350 * F for 40 minutes or a sewer inserted in the centre comes out clean and also it leaves from the sides of the pan. Cool for a while before turning out onto wire rack. Keep aside to cool for 45 minutes to 1 hour and cut into slices or desired shapes.

To cut banana bread into very thin slices, warm the bread knife a little before slicing the bread.