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Banana Bread With Cinnamon And Chopped Nuts

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Banana Bread With Cinnamon And Chopped Nuts

This moist loaf, packed with ripe bananas, sweet honey and chopped nuts, is ideal for afternoon tea. Enjoy spread with butter.

  • Organic
  • Vegetarian
Preparation time:
15 minutes
Cooking time:
40 minutes
Total time:
55 minutes 55 minutes
Makes:
 10 slices

Ingredients

  • 100g organic butter, softened
  • 175g Waitrose Organic New Zealand Forest Honey
  • 2 organic eggs, beaten
  • 2 large ripe organic Fairtrade bananas, roughly chopped
  • ½ tsp organic ground cinnamon
  • 225g organic self-raising flour
  • 50g pack organic walnut pieces
  • 50g pack organic Brazil nuts, roughly chopped

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C, gas mark 4. Lightly grease a 1kg loaf tin and line the base and ends with a long strip of baking parchment.
  2. Place the butter, honey, eggs, bananas, cinnamon and flour in a food processor and blend until smooth. Alternatively, beat by hand with a wooden spoon. Add the nuts, and pulse or mix until just combined.
  3. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and smooth the top. Bake for 35-40 minutes until a skewer inserted into the centre of the loaf comes out clean, and the bread is golden and well risen. Allow the loaf to cool in the tin for 10 minutes then turn out. Remove the baking parchment and cut into slices. Delicious served warm or cold, spread with butter.

Cook's tips

This loaf is a great way to use up over-ripe bananas and will keep for 4-5 days if stored in an airtight container. Try making with other nuts such as pecans or hazelnuts.

Drinks recommendation

Serve with a refreshing cup of tea.

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Wee Kate

Wee Kate 25 July 2010 18:39

I just made this and even though it seems to taste yummy when I put my skewer in after 40 mins at 180 degrees it was still doughy and uncooked in the middle... Can anyone suggest an alternative? Maybe a cooler temp but for a longer time? Please help!

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Abbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbby 28 February 2010 17:49

I made this recipe without nuts and put a tbl spoon full of cinnamon in, it came out lovely and i adored it !!!! five out of five stars

DunderMifflin

DunderMifflin 27 February 2009 21:08

REALLY good - agree that adding more cinnamon makes it nicer, well I think so!

Busy Bee

Busy Bee 05 October 2008 16:12

This is a fabulous quick and easy recipe. Only trouble is the cake goes so quickly!!

Susie HW

Susie HW 04 September 2008 22:24

Very tasty and addictive. My father (aged 73) keeps emailing his order for me to bake him some more! Highly recommended.

mellie_mac

mellie_mac 29 July 2008 11:51

This is by far my favourite banana loaf recipe. Super quick and easy to prep, however I've found that I've had to alter the cooking times & temp. I cook it for around 55 minutes in my fan oven at 150 deg C. I also make the 1/2 t of cinnamon a heaped one, because it brings out the flavour a lot more, especially with walnuts.

michaelsmum

michaelsmum 17 July 2008 07:30

I just made this cake - following the receipe closely. The bread took 30 mins longer than it said and I had to keep opening the oven to check on it. Could this be why it has completely sunk in the middle? Can anyone tell me why it took so long to cook? And yes, I waited until the oven was the right temp and no, I didn;t double the receipe :) Thanks

Abz

Abz 26 February 2008 17:24

This recipe was amazingly easy, but absolutely gorgeous! Totally recommend it to anyone!

alenacliss

alenacliss 04 February 2008 09:59

Absolutely delicious! Even if you miss out the nuts! I sprinkle some icing sugar on the top before serving - makes it that extra special!!!

arsenal mum

arsenal mum 27 December 2007 11:48

excellent childproof recipe (my 10 yr old has made it 3 times now). Very good without any butter spread on it.

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Nutritional Info

Typical values per serving:
Energy 325.0kcal
Sugars 21.0g
Fat 17.7g
Saturated Fat 7.1g
Salt 0.4g

per slice

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This recipe was first published on Waitrose.com in September 2007