Banana bread - simple and delicious

Having tried and gone away disappointed with many recipes of banana bread from magazines and online cookbooks, I was surprised that a simple banana loaf recipe provided by the manufacturer of a loaf pan worked marvellously.

1/2 block butter

1 cup brown sugar

2 medium sized eggs, beaten

2 cups plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 cup mashed ripe bananas

2 TBS walnuts choppped.

Directions :
Preheat oven to 180 C.
Lightly grease loaf pan.
Combine butter & sugar until creamy.
Add mashed banana and eggs. Mix well.
Sift flour & baking soda into a bowl and combine with banana mixture.
Pour mixture into loaf pan. Top with chopped walnuts.
Bake in oven for 45 minutes or till skewer comes out clean.
Invert the loaf onto a wire rack and allow to cook before serving.

* Tip : from hindsight, I should have lowered the heat when it's almost done to reduce the tendency of split.




You may also like to try the Aussie country bread using beer as raising agent :
http://homecooksecrets.blogspot.com/2009/01/beer-damper-bread.html