Banana & Walnut Loaf

Recipe for: BANANA & WALNUT LOAF 

Ingredients: 

• 100g softened butter
• 140g caster sugar
• 2 beaten eggs
• 225g plain flour
• 1tsp salt
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 4 very ripe bananas
• 85g chopped walnuts
• 50ml milk 

Method: 

1. heat oven to 180C/ fan 170C.  Grease 2lb loaf tin with butter & line with grease-proof paper or baking parchment & grease this also
2. in a large bowl, mix together the butter, sugar and egg, then slowly mix in the flour, salt & baking powder
3. peel & mash the bananas, and add to the mixture with the nuts & milk
4. pour the mixture into the prepared tin & bake for about an hour, or until the top is nicely browned & a skewer comes out cleanly
5. cool on a wire rack then remove from tin
6. if not using immediately, wrap in grease-proof & store in a bread-bin or cake-tin 

What else you need to know: 

1. you can serve this as a pudding, with chocolate sauce or the usual accompaniments, or as a tea-bread with a cuppa
2. it doesn’t keep forever, so use within 1-2 days, or else freeze