Banana and walnut loaf

Name: Banana and walnut loaf
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 3 ripe bananas, mashed; 250g wholemeal plain flour; 2 tsp baking powder; 80g unsalted butter, melted; 2 eggs, beaten; 3 tbsp runny honey; 60g walnuts, roughly chopped; 1 tsp ground cinnamon

A soft banana loaf with crunchy walnuts and cinnamon, lovely on its own with tea.

Time1 hr 10
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.38 a head
Oven180°C (160°C fan)

10 servings

Ingredients

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3ripe bananasmashed
250 gwholemeal plain flour
2 tspbaking powder
80 gunsalted buttermelted
2eggsbeaten
3 tbsprunny honey
60 gwalnutsroughly chopped
1 tspground cinnamon

Method

1
Heat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan). Line a 900 g loaf tin with baking paper.
2
Mix the bananas, butter, eggs and honey in a large bowl.
3
Fold in the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and most of the walnuts until just combined.
4
Spoon into the tin and scatter over the remaining walnuts.
5
Bake for 50 to 55 minutes until a skewer comes out clean. Cover with foil if it browns too quickly.
52 min 30 s
6
Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then lift out onto a rack.

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