Date, Walnut and Banana Bread
Author: Maureen Shaw
Recipe type: Bread
Cuisine: American
Serves: 10
- Butter or shortening to grease the pan
- 1 cup (150g) plain flour
- ½ cup (75g) self-raising flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 125g butter, melted, cooled
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 3 ripe bananas, mashed
- ½ cup chopped dates
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- Preheat oven to 175°C. Grease and line the base and side of a loaf pan.
- Into a large bowl, sift the flour to combine, then stir in sugar, cinnamon, walnuts and dates.
- In another bowl whisk butter and eggs together.
- Stir in mashed bananas.
- Add to dry ingredients and add vanilla extract.
- Stir to combine - do not overbeat and then place batter into prepared pan. Smooth the surface.
- Bake for 45-50 mins or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
- Cool for 5-10 minutes before removing from pan. Cool completely on a wire rack (if you can wait that long)
- Serve warm spread with butter.
Recipe by Orgasmic Chef at https://orgasmicchef.com/date-walnut-and-banana-bread/
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