Banana Bread

Name: Banana Bread
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: ½ level teaspoon salt; 225 g self-raising flour; 110 g sultanas or seedless raisins; 110 g butter, diced; 110 g glacé cherries, washed and halved; 30 g chopped walnuts; 450 g very ripe bananas (weighed after peeling; see the note); 2 eggs

Preparation info

Makes
1
Large Loaf

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The New Ballymaloe Bread Book

By Darina Allen

Published 2023

About

I have always loved this moist, rich, tasty banana bread. It keeps for up to two weeks in a tin, but I doubt you will find this out as it will be gobbled up quickly. Serve it thickly sliced and spread with soft butter.

Ingredients

225 g self-raising flour
½ level teaspoon salt
110 g

Europe
Ireland
Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4. Line a 24cm × 13.5cm × 5cm loaf tin (or four small loaf tins, approx. 14.6cm × 7.6cm) with greaseproof or silicone paper.

Sieve the flour and salt into a large, wide mixing bowl, then rub in the butter. Stir in the sultanas or seedles