Heavenly Spiced Banana Bread

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 19
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 257.0
  • Total Fat: 13.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 36.1 mg
  • Sodium: 247.4 mg
  • Total Carbs: 30.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.7 g
  • Protein: 4.4 g

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Introduction

Lock your doors and windows because when they smell this gorgeous bread baking you will have to beat them off with a stick! This bread stays moist and is perfect popped in the toaster for breakfast. Lock your doors and windows because when they smell this gorgeous bread baking you will have to beat them off with a stick! This bread stays moist and is perfect popped in the toaster for breakfast.
Number of Servings: 19

Ingredients

    0.5 cup butter
    0.75 cup caster sugar
    2 eggs
    1 tablespoon vanilla essence
    1 tablespoon cinnamon powder
    1 tablespoon Chinese Five Spice powder
    grated rind of one orange
    1 teaspoon sea salt

    2 large mashed bananas
    1 cup yoghurt
    1.5 cups chopped walnuts
    juice of the orange
    0.5 cup water

    1 tspn bicarb soda
    2.5 cups flour


Tips

mash the bananas and immediately add the yoghurt and orange juice to them to stop them going brown


Directions

Heat the oven to 175C (350 F). Lightly grease one loaf tin 26cm x 10cm x 10cm and line with grease proof paper.
Warm butter until very soft but not completely melted and beat in sugar then the eggs. Beat until light. Add the spices, grated orange rind, vanilla essence and salt. Then add the yoghurt, mashed bananas, orange juice, water and walnuts. Sift the flour and bicarbonated soda three times and fold into wet mixture. Bake immediately, turning oven down to 160C (325 F) for 75 minutes - cover with foil after 55 minutes. Turn out onto wire rack to cool.

Serving Size: makes 17 slices

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