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Simple Banana Bread Recipe

Name: Simple Banana Bread Recipe
Cook time: 1200 s
Total time: 13800 s
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 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 bananas - mashed, plus 1 whole medium banana, peeled; 1½ cups (195 g) plain flour; 1½ tsp baking powder; ½ tsp bicarbonate soda; 1 tbsp maple syrup - for brushing

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 bananas
mashed, plus 1 whole medium banana, peeled
1½ cups (195 g) plain flour
1½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp bicarbonate soda
1 tbsp maple syrup
for 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.

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