Banana breakfast loaf

This banana and pecan loaf is a great choice if you need to grab something on the run.

This nutritious banana bread recipe requires just a few basic ingredients to create the most delicious banana bread. It features wholemeal flour and is sweetened naturally with either honey or maple syrup. You can easily adapt this recipe to be vegan or gluten-free.

can be vegan & gluten free 👨‍🍳

Banana breakfast loaf

Prep : 20 min Cooking : 40 min Total : 60 min Lasts : 3 days Serves : 8

What you'll need:

• mixing bowl

• measuring cup

• weighing scales

• loaf tin

• baking paper

Ingredients:

• 75g butter, softened

• 100g honey/maple syrup

• 125g plain flour

• 100g wholemeal flour

• 2 tsp baking powder

• 2 eggs

• 4 ripe bananas, mashed

• 50g pecans, each snapped in half

Preparation:

1. Heat the oven to 180c/fan 160c.

2. Beat the butter, sugar, flours, baking powder, eggs and banana together.

3. Stir in the nuts and spoon into a lined and buttered 450g loaf tin.

4. Bake for 50 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.

Notes:

• To make this recipe vegan: replace butter with olive/coconut oil and replace the eggs with 1 tbsp ground flax + 2 tbsp water

• To make this recipe gluten free : replace the flours with gluten free alternatives of your choice