Tried and tested, I absolutely love a bit of banana bread… if I can make it vegan, even better!

This one is also a fab recipe for Baby Led Weaning because I don’t put in any nuts. That said, if you have no babies to worry about, or older kids (no whole nuts above 5) then go nuts! Pun obviously intended there.

Ingredients:

3 Bananas (blacker = better)

75g Coconut Oil – 5 tbsp

100g Brown sugar (brown is best but it works with white too)

225g Plain flour ( if you use self-raising, cut down on the baking powder)

3 tsp Baking powder

3 tsp Cinnamon

Dried Fruit / Nuts – 2 small handfuls is plenty.

Method:

Grease a tin/muffin tray*. 

Mash the banana in a mixing bowl.

Add Sugar and Oil and mix well.

Add Flour, Baking powder and Cinnamon, and work into a thick mixture.

If adding nuts/fruit, add these last and combine the mixture well. You should be able to leave the bowl relatively clean.

Put mixture into tin/tray and spread evenly.

Put oven on** at Gas Mark 6, or 180 Degrees Celsius. Bake for 20 minutes. Check. Cover with foil if the top is browning. Bake for another 15 minutes, or until a knife comes out clean from the centre of the bread. 

*If  you make muffins, the time will be reduced. 

** Most methods tell you to preheat the oven but with modern-day ovens it’s often not needed, so if you can skip that step, please do so. It saves energy, better for the environment and better for your pocket too!