Quick banana bread

Ingredients:

1 ¾ cups or 175gram flour

3/4 cup or 75gram caster sugar

1 teaspoons baking powder1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 large eggs, lightly beaten

1/2 cup (50gram) unsalted butter, melted and cooled

3 ripe large bananas (approximately 450gram), mashed well

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract / essence

Garnish: (Optional)A few slices of banana

Method:

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C.

Butter and flour the bottom and sides of a 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan. Set aside. In a large bowl combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

In another bowl combine the mashed bananas, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla. With a rubber spatula, lightly fold the wet ingredients (banana mixture) into the dry ingredients just until combined and the batter is thick and chunky. (Do not to over mix the batter. Over mixing the batter will results in tough, rubbery bread.)

Scrape batter into prepared pan and place the slices of banana on top of the batter for garnish.
Bake until bread is golden brown and a cake tester inserted in the centre comes out clean, about 60 minutes. Place on a wire rack to cool and then remove the bread from the pan. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Tip / personal experience: Baked in the oven for about 40 min or when you notice the bread is turning too brown, remove pan from the oven and wrap it with aluminum foil and continue baking it for another 20 min. This will prevent burning on the top of the bread.

Enjoy!