Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 3 medium overripe bananas (about 350g), mashed
• 100g unsalted butter, melted
• 200g granulated sugar
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 240g all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp fine sea salt
• 75ml buttermilk
• 100g walnuts, chopped (optional)

Method

1. 1
   Combine mashed bananas, melted butter, and sugar in large bowl; mix until sugar dissolves.
2. 2
   Stir in beaten egg and vanilla extract.
3. 3
   Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt in separate bowl; alternate folding flour mixture and buttermilk into wet ingredients, beginning and ending with flour.
4. 4
   Fold in walnuts; pour into parchment-lined loaf tin.
5. 5
   Bake at 175°C for 55–60 minutes until skewer inserted in centre emerges clean.
6. 6
   Cool in tin 10 minutes; invert onto wire rack and cool completely.