Banana Bread

Recipe

Ingredients
125g Unsalted butter, softened
175g Light soft brown sugar
2 Eggs
280g Plain four
1 tsp Baking soda
pinch of salt
125ml Milk
3 med Ripe bananas, mashed
1 tsp Vanilla extract
75g Walnuts (optional)


Preheat the oven 180c. Lightly oil the loaf tin (I use a 10 inches x 4 1/2 inches)

Cream butter and sugar until smooth.

Add one egg and beat well. Add the other egg and continue to beat well.

Sift in half of the flour with the soda and salt and mix well.

Mix in the milk then the remaining flour.

Fold the bananas into the mixture with the vanilla extract (and walnuts, if using)

Tip the mixture in the tin and level.

Bake for 1 hour until cake tester comes out clean and not sticky.

Cover the top with foil if it starts to brown too quickly.

Allow to cool for 20 minutes before turning out.

Dust with icing sugar and cut into thick slices to serve.