Banana bread with walnuts p.232 / 233

Well - while waiting for for the sourdough starter to prove/bubblefy/mature (not me - no way) I had to keep my panel of taster happy - salivating for more and so, as they say, a quickie to keep them keen and wanting for more.

Hence banana bread with walnuts.

So ... heat your oven to 190 dregrees / gas mark 5.
Line a 1kg/ 2lb loaf tin with baking parchment.

Using a mixer or hand electric mixer whick the bananas and sugar ntil fluffy.
Add the softened unsalted butter and neat until evenly distributed.  Beat the eggs, one ata atime, adding a spoonful of flour to prevent mix curdling/splitting.

Sift in the remaining flour & baking powder - fold in carefully.
Finally carefully fold in the walnut pieces.

Put the mix into the lined loaf tin and bake for 40 mins or certainly an inserted skewer comes out clean.

Remove from the tin and cool on a wire rack:

I had to have a slice :

 

mmmmmm ... the aroma ... smothered in salty butter .... well - the panel had their tasty treats with Wyn putting up into the top 3 !

In the evening I had a slice with caramel sauce ( which I made that evening) and cream ... so naughty. but so deliciously moreishly so gooood.

Not to be missed.

Go on - make it.

Next time I would add some chopped walnuts to the very top just before placing into the oven to bake and maybe some chucky pieces of brown sugar.