Sunday, January 2, 2011

Wholewheat Banana Nut Loaf

I found this recipe from book called The Great Big Baking Book by Carole Clements. I made small changes and I loved it. It is very moist inside and little crunch from walnut. mmmmmm Delicious. 

Ingredients
MAKES ONE LOAF
4 oz (115 gr) butter,at room temperature
4 oz (115 g) brown sugar
2 eggs, at room temperature
4 oz (115 g)  plain flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
2 oz (55 g) wholewheat flour
3 large ripe bananas
1 tsp vanilla essence
4 oz (110 g) walnut
Preparation Method
1-Preheat a 350 F / 180 C oven. Spry oil a 9x5 in (23x13) loaf tin.
2-with an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
3-Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating  well after each addition.
4-Sift the plain flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder,salt and cinnamon over the butter mixture and stir to blend.
5-stir in the wholewheat flour.
6-with fork ,mash the bananas to a pure, then stir into the mixture. Stir vanilla and nuts.
7-Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and spread level.
8-Bake until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean, 50-60 minutes. Let  stand 10 minutes before transferring to a rack.

                              

3 comments:

  1. This was the moistest, most delicious banana bread I've ever eaten. And I love having lots of walnuts! Excellent recipe Handan!

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  2. This looks lovely. The shop on the corner by me sells Banana Bread Beer, they sound like the perfect accompaniment for each other!

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  3. I love beer. I had pumpkin beer but I never heard banana bread beer.
    This banana bread recipe is really good. If you try to make banana bread from this recipe and have some banana bread beer with it,please let me know if they go together.

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