Banana Bread
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
12 Slices
ingredients
- fat, for greasing
- 300 g plain flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 5 ml bicarbonate of soda
- 75 g margarine
- 100 g granulated sugar
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 3 bananas
- 15 ml lemon juice
directions
- Grease a 23 x 13 x 7.
- 5cm inch loaf tin and shake a teaspoon of flour around the tin to coat the grease.
- Discard any excess flour.
- You're going to need about three mixing bowls for this- one large and two smaller bowls.
- Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius/375 degrees Fahrenheit/gas mark 5.
- Sift the flour, salt and bicarb of soda together in a bowl.
- Cream the margarine and sugar together with a fork in a big bowl until throughly blended.
- Beat in the eggs.
- It's OK if it looks a bit sloppy and lumpy.
- Using a fork, mash up the bananas in a bowl with the lemon juice.
- Add the bananas to the margarine and sugar mix, then stir in the flour, salt and bicarb of soda.
- Scoop the mixture into the greased tin.
- Bake for 50-60 mins until golden brown.
- Leave to cool in the tin for about 20 mins, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool thoroughly.
- Slice and enjoy!
- Goes very well with a good cup of tea.
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