Banana Bread

Add the butter to a medium/large mixing bowl.

Next, pour in the brown sugar.

Cream the butter & the sugar together. You may use an electric mixer or a wooden spoon.

Thereafter, crack in 1 egg.

Mix until the egg is combined & then crack in the second egg.

Mix until combined. It should only be for a few seconds as you do not want to over mix.

Get out your ripe bananas.

Peel the bananas, break them into pieces & place in another bowl.

Using a fork or a masher, mash the bananas.

Add the mashed bananas to the other mixture.

Mix until combined.

Next, add in the salt, cinnamon powder & baking powder.

Roughly mix & add in the vanilla essence & the milk.

Finally, add in the all purpose flour.

Mix well.

Grease a loaf pan with a layer of butter or spray & cook. Pour the batter into the grease pan.

Place the loaf pan in the preheated oven & baked for 1 hour. When done, insert a knife or toothpick & if it still comes out a bit wet then bake for a further 10 minutes. If it comes out dry then remove the loaf from the oven.

My loaf has a few burnt edges but that is because I have a gas oven with an actual flame in the oven. If you have a conventional oven you will not incur this dilemma. My husband loves it with the scorch marks so even if you do burn it slightly, it isn’t a train smash – it will still be devoured within seconds after it’s baked.

Carefully remove the Banana Bread from the pan & place on a cooling rack.

Place the butter & the golden or maple syrup into a microwavable bowl.

Microwave for a few seconds until the butter has melted.

Mix well so that both the golden/maple syrup & the butter are well combined.

Using a pastry brush, brush over the melted butter & golden/maple syrup over, making sure to get in between all the nooks & cracks.

Your Banana Bread is ready to be eaten.

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Enjoy with a hot beverage such as tea, coffee or even Turkish Coffee.

Once sliced, the loaf should be super moist & fluffy.

If you’re as crazy as I am, you can choose to dunk the bread in the butter mixture whilst eating. I simply love doing this.

This Banana Bread can be stored in an airtight container for up to a week.