Fairtrade banana bread
Whip up this tasty banana bread in four easy steps for a healthy tea-time treat.
Ingredients
- 225g/8oz self-raising flour
- 100g/4oz butter
- 150g/5oz caster sugar
- 450g/1lb Fairtrade bananas (the softer the better), peeled and mashed
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 175g/6oz mixed dried fruit
Method
Pre-heat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
Mix all the of the ingredients except the dried fruit together. You can do this in a food processor or by hand in a mixing bowl.
When the ingredients are all thoroughly combined, fold in the dried fruit.
Spoon the batter mixture into a 1kg/2lb non-stick loaf tin, spread it out evenly and bake it for one and a half hours.
When the banana bread has risen, golden-brown on top and cooked through, remove it from the oven and set aside to cool on a wire rack. Slice before serving.
Recipe Tips
Oven temperatures vary so the banana bread may not need the full one and a half hours to cook through. Check the progress of the banana bread reg ularly to make sure it is not burning. If the top of the loaf is browning too quickly, but a skewer inserted into the centre does not come out clean, cover the loaf with aluminium foil and continue cooking until a skewer pushed into the centre of the loaf comes out clean.