Monkey Madness-Bananas!

In our house there's always that situation when we have loads of ripe bananas left in our kitchen-we just buy to many and never get round to eating them. A monkey could survive quite happily in there. So I decided to take action and pick up my wooden spoon, and create some baked goodness. This week's recipe is banana bread. Its a fool proof recipe, you don't even need a set of scales! So here's a step by step guide on creating the perfect way to use up your leftover bananas, instead of throwing them in the bin!

Ingredients:
2-3 very ripe bananas
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar (you can use less if you want, just depends on how big your sweet tooth is!)
1 beaten egg
1tsp vanilla essence
1tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 pinch of salt
1.5 cups self-raising flour

 Method:
Pre-heat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius.
Mash the bananas with a fork. Stir in the melted butter. 


 Add the sugar, egg and vanilla essence and beat together. Mix in the flour and bicarb.



 Pour into your prepared loaf tin (ideally a 4x8 inch one).


 Bake for 1 hour at 175 degrees Celsius or until a skewer comes out clean (check after 50 minutes to be on the safe side).
And there you have it!
So next time you have some spare fruit lying around, why don't you take a whack at this recipe! It'll soon be a family favourite!
Charley.

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