Brilliant banana bread

Author: Healthy Food Guide staff

Photographer: iStockphoto.com

Serves: 20

Time to make: 1 hr

Ingredients

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2 large eggs
½ cup sugar ( brown sugarlight brown cane sugarX is nicest)
½ cup vegetable oil (eg. olive, canola or rice bran)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 medium over-ripe bananas, mashed
¾ cup plain flourall purpose flourX
¾ cup wholemeal flour
1½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda

Instructions

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1 Preheat the oven to 160°C. Grease a 28cm spring form tin or two 22cm loaf tins.

2 In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the eggs, sugar and oil together until pale and creamy (about 3 minutes on high). Add vanilla and bananas, beat again until well combined.

3 In another bowl, sift togther the baking mix and soda. Add to the banana mixture and stir until just combined. Pour into the tin/s.

4 Bake for 40-50 minutes. Cool in tin/s for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire cooling rack.

Variations

Make it gluten free:

Use gluten-free flour and check baking powder is gluten free.

HFG tip

Store wrapped in plastic wrap in the fridge for up to five days. This bread also freezes well.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 133 cal

Kilojoules 550 kJ

Protein 2 g

Total fat 7 g

Saturated fat 1 g

Carbohydrates 15 g

Sugar 9 g

Dietary fibre 1 g

Sodium 1 mg

Calcium 10 mg

Iron 0.5 mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.

First published: Jul 2010

2 comments on Brilliant banana bread

Ann April 2, 2021 at 2:32 pm #

This is the best banana bread recipe ever. Easy to make and moist every time.

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Tammy-Lee Short February 12, 2023 at 9:49 pm #

OMG. This has got to be the most amazing Banana Bread ever. So light, so sweet and absolutely delicious. Needs a recipe edit as its really only for 1 loaf tin not 2. Simply divine. ❤❤❤

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