Banana and blueberry bread

Chef’s notes

I found the recipe on BBC recipes, should be the first one to pop up if you google easy banana bread recipe.

Details

• ⏲️ Prep time: 15-20min
• 🍳 Cook time: 40-50min
• 🍽️ Servings: 4-8 (depending on portion size). I also didn’t bake this in the usual bread tin, I used a semi deep oven dish as that’s all I had.

Ingredients

• 140g unsalted butter
• 140g caster sugar (I only put 90g as it was for the kids but you can tweak it to your liking)
• 2large eggs
• 1tsp baking soda
• 140g self raising flour
• 1tbs cinnamon powder
• 1tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup fresh blueberries
• 3 ripe bananas

Directions

1. Beat the butter and sugar until a paste is formed
2. Add in 2 beaten eggs and mix together
3. Gently add the flour and baking soda bit by bit whilst mixing it all well
4. Once combined, add in your cinnamon and vanilla
5. Add in your washed blueberries
6. Mash the bananas well and add to mixture.
7. Fold the mixture until well mixed together and set aside
8. Preheat oven to 180c
9. Butter your dish and line with parchment paper ( I didn’t have this available so I covered it with butter and then added flour all around to prevent it from sticking. Works just the same)
10. Once oven is heated up, carefully place the dish into the middle and bake for 40-50min. Make sure to check after 30min as every oven is different.
11. Once cooked, remove from oven and let it cool for 10mins before removing from dish (this is to prevent it from falling apart)
12. Last step. Cut a slice and enjoy on it’s own or how I did, with some yummy custard