Banana Bread Vegan

So it was a bank holiday here in the UK and as per usual a couple of bananas had been hanging from the fruit bowl for a little too long. “Waste not, want not” is what my mother always taught me, so it was time to dust off our banana bread recipe easy! 

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Let’s get baking, prep time is 10 minutes, so no excuses that you can’t find the time even with 3 children  always makes the task that much easier. 

Banana Bread Recipe

Ingredients

• 3 large black bananas
• 75ml vegetable oil or sunflower oil, plus a little extra to rub on the tin
• 100g brown or demerara sugar
• 225g plain flour (if using self-raising flour then reduce the baking powder to 2 heaped tsp)
• 3 heaped tsp baking powder
• 3 tsp cinnamon or mixed spice

If you really like a fruity bread then feel free to add 50g of raisins or sultanas (alternatively add in your choice of dried fruit). This also works as a banana bread with chocolate chips should you wish to add them in. 

Banana Bread Recipe UK

Method

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.

• Mash 3 large black peeled bananas with a fork, then mix well with 75g vegetable or sunflower oil and 100g brown sugar.

• Add 225g plain flour, 3 heaped tsp baking powder and 3 tsp cinnamon or mixed spice, and combine well. 

• NB. Now is the time to add dried fruit or nuts if you so choose - (50g dried fruit or nuts)

• Bake in an oiled, lined small loaf tin for 20 minutes. Check at this point to ensure it is cooking well. If it is browning then cover with aluminium foil.

• Bake for another 20 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.

Allow to cool a little before slicing. 

One of the reasons we love this recipe is because it is so tweakable, chocolate chips, raisins, sultanas, the list goes on. It is also a really good alternative when you are trying to limit your sugar intake, but for extra indulgence, just add ice-cream. 

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