the Breville Test Kitchen
Simple Banana Bread Recipe
3 hrs 50 mins total time
20 mins active time
Easy
Serves 8
Ingredients
Measurements:
½ cup (100 g) white sugar
½ cup (100 g) brown sugar
½ cup (115 g) plain yoghurt
2 large eggs
⅓ cup (80 ml) vegetable oil
3 medium ripe bananasmashed, plus 1 whole medium banana, peeled
1½ cups (195 g) plain flour
1½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp bicarbonate soda
1 tbsp maple syrupfor brushing
Instructions
- 1Line a 23 x 13cm loaf tin with baking paper and lightly grease with cooking spray.
- 2Place sugars, yoghurt, eggs and oil in a large bowl and whisk to combine. Stir in mashed banana. Sift in flour, baking powder and bicarb soda and stir to combine.
- 3Pour batter into prepared loaf tin. Slice the remaining banana in half lengthwise and place the cut side up on the batter. Brush banana halves with maple syrup.
- 4Place trivet on turntable. Press OVEN and set 325°F (163°C) for 1 hour 15 minutes. Press START to preheat oven. When preheat has finished, place pan on trivet and press START to begin cooking.
- 5Cool bread in tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto wire rack to cool completely.
