Nanna Maureen's Banana Bread

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Added Tue May 8 2007

Simply the best and easiest banana bread recipe ever!

Course Baking
Cuisine English
Serves 12
Cooking-Time 1hrs 0 mins

Nanna Maureen's Banana Bread Recipe at MyDish

By Kenny View all 34 recipes

Kenny's Story

This was a treat that mum used to make for me when I was a kid and was one of her specials. Any time we had bananas left over that were just getting over-ripe, mum would mash them up and put them into her fab banana bread. This was and excellent snac Read More

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Baking, English, Maureen's Banana Bread , For Children, Kids Fun Cooking, Party Food, Suitable for Pregnant Women, Vegetarian, Family Food,

Ingredients

50 g Chopped Nuts (optional)
60 g Butter or Margarine
225 g Banana Pulp
2 (large) Eggs
½ tsp Salt
½ tsp Bicarb of Soda
130 g Sugar
2 tsp Baking Powder
210 g Self Raising Flour

Method

1. Sift together the dry ingredients.

2. Stir in the egg, banana pulp, butter and nuts. Do not overmix.

3. Pour the batter into a 100 millimeter by 200 millimeter greased and floured bread tin.

4. Bake for 1 hour at 180 degrees celsius.

5. Remove from the oven, allow to cool, remove from baking tin and serve.

Tips

This is just delicious served warm and fresh out of the oven with a light spreading of butter. Not terribly healthy or slimming I know but hey..... give it a go!

Recent Comments Add your comment

How does one make banana pulp? Do you just mash up a few bananas?

by wilsondan on Sat Jan 17 2009 reply to this comment
Di Dan - Yeh it’s really simple. Just remove the banana peel and, with the back of a fork, crush the banana until the pulp is achieved. It actually helps if the banana is very ripe / over ripe as the banana is then much softer and easier to crush. Also when you are stirring in the pulp to the rest of the mixture, before baking, don’t over-stir it, and just make sure the pulp is “folded” into the fixture.

by Kenny on Mon Jan 19 2009 reply to this comment
I love banana bread, this recipe is so simple..great!x

by evepepper on Tue Aug 18 2009 reply to this comment
Thanks evepepper It certainly is easy and quick to make and tastes fab too - give it a go and let me know how you get on.

by Kenny on Tue Aug 18 2009 reply to this comment
Tesco normally has over ripe banans in the reduced bit by the veggies. You can buy loads of banans for very little. Which is very useful if you like bananas and want to make banana bread.

by nicki noo on Thu Aug 27 2009 reply to this comment
Hi Nicki - what a great idea! I'm sure youâ€™re right - Iâ€™ll look out for the reduced section next time I'm at Tesco. Hey, now looking forward to loads more banana bread...yumâ€¦ yum!!

by Kenny on Thu Aug 27 2009 reply to this comment
Made this at the weekend really nice! Thanks!

by Gig_Mistress on Mon Sep 21 2009 reply to this comment
Glad you liked it and your most welcome!

by Kenny on Wed Sep 23 2009 reply to this comment
Great... I too like banana bread.if you have got cheap overripe bananas from supermarket or have bought some that are now overripe,you can peel and freeze them,even the odd one mounts up.They are great for mashing for this bread

by littlebabs on Mon Sep 28 2009 reply to this comment
Hi littlebabs ....what an excellent idea, I have never thougfht of freezing the banana before. I must say I do throw the occasional one away as we have just too many even for the brea. - thanks for the tip - best regards Kenny.

by Kenny on Tue Sep 29 2009 reply to this comment
Hi, just wanted to add that I too made this today and it was gorgeous mmmmmm...
I actually used a little less (10g less)butter, merely because it was difficult to mix in as I hadn't left it soften long enough, but it still tasted great!

by Mum4ever on Tue Oct 6 2009 reply to this comment
Hi mum4ever - glad you like it - BTW I sometimes pop the butter in the micto (just for a few secs - literally) to soften it and then much easier to fold into the mix - regards - K.

by Kenny on Fri Oct 9 2009 reply to this comment
I made your banana bread this morning. Very easy and delicious - and my flat smells lovely! Pam xo

by pamelamela82 on Sat Oct 17 2009 reply to this comment
Hi pamela - so glad you liked it - mum would be delighted - yeh! I think one of the best things about it is the lovely aroma while baking - hope it becomes a firm favourite - all the best - kenny

by Kenny on Mon Oct 19 2009 reply to this comment
I am now about to make this banana cake again but this time for my daughter's student mates, last time one said it was the best cake they had ever tasted.
Lovely !! soooo easy to make.

by jooles on Tue Oct 27 2009 reply to this comment
I am now about to make this banana cake again but this time for my daughter's student mates, last time one said it was the best cake they had ever tasted.
Lovely !! soooo easy to make.

by jooles on Tue Oct 27 2009 reply to this comment
Hi Jooles - glad you are enjoying it. My kids also go mad for it. No sooner is it out of the oven than they have demolished it - sounds like you are having the same problem - nice problem to have mind you - and also very healthy for the kids - certainly better than junk food! - Regards Kenny.

by Kenny on Wed Oct 28 2009 reply to this comment
now making this cake for the 3rd time, sometimes with nuts, sometimes without. depends on how i feel !! its so easy and delious. takes 10 mins to make if that and the oven does the rest. my family loves it .

by jooles on Sat Oct 31 2009 reply to this comment
|Hi Kenny, they're not really kids anymore but large adults Ha, thats another reason the cake doesnt last long !! but still good for them as they are learning and bananas are good as they give energy. so a win win situation. Thanks for the recipe.

by jooles on Sat Oct 31 2009 reply to this comment
Hi Jooles - yes it works for all, no matter the age - galde you'r loving it -enjoy - regards - kenny

by Kenny on Sat Oct 31 2009 reply to this comment
made this on sunday easy to make but absolutely gorgeous

by nannyannie on Tue Nov 3 2009 reply to this comment
Hi nannyannie - my other half made this for her uncle and aunt on Sunday as well! They do not often come over for tea so she wanted to impress. Needless to say it did not fail - her uncle coming back for seconds - there were also general votes of appreciation from all quarters of the table - kids included :-) Maureen's Banana Bread does it again!!!!

by Kenny on Tue Nov 3 2009 reply to this comment
Nice recipe Kenny - thanks!
Being a fan of the stuff, I added a little cinammon to the ingredients and felt it just gave it that extra little "something"

by Tigh on Fri Nov 20 2009 reply to this comment
Wow what a great idea - will definately give the cinemon a try next time

by Kenny on Sat Nov 21 2009 reply to this comment
Very nice recipe.

I made the mistake of using salted butter (nearest to hand) which probably wasn't the best idea!

by Logsdon1 on Sat Feb 6 2010 reply to this comment
oops! - but one can actually use salted butter, just leave out the 1/2 a teaspoon of salt that the recipe asks for or the bread will definately taste too salty.

by Kenny on Mon Feb 22 2010 reply to this comment
I made this with some trepidation, my family were coming for Sunday lunch and were tempted to taste it before lunch was served - they all loved it!!! It really is so simple and quick to make, and I know I'll have to make it again and again. Thank you, I'll certainly pass the recipe on to my friends

by viv108@sky.com on Sun Feb 28 2010 reply to this comment
I'm still making this recipe every week and I'm not surprised it is so popular on My Dish. Blueberries work wonderfully with this recipe instead of the nuts.

by Mum4ever on Sun Feb 28 2010 reply to this comment
Hi Mum4ever - what a great idea, I had never considered adding blueberries - I'll definately give it a go - what excellent innovation and a great variation on this old recipe.

by Kenny on Sun Feb 28 2010 reply to this comment