Banana Bread

Makes 1 loaf

Ingredients

1 stick butter, melted
1 cup sugar (3/4 cup caster sugar, 1/4 cup brown sugar)
3 eggs
3 tbsp buttermilk (1 cup milk + 1 tbsp) or regular milk
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
2 tbsp rolled oats, crushed
1/2 cup ripe bananas, mashed (approx 3 large bananas)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F. Butter or line 9"x 5" loaf pan.

In another bowl, mix together the melted butter, sugar, eggs, milk and vanilla essence. Mix until well combined.

Sieve in flour, baking soda, salt and oats slowly. Mix just until there’s no more flour visible.

Add the mashed banana to the mixture. Stir to combine.
Let mixture sit at room temperature for 1 hour.

Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Bake 55 - 65mins.

Insert a toothpick or skewer into the middle of the loaf. If center is still wet, bake additional 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven to a cooling rack when toothpick comes out clean from middle of the loaf.

Let cool the loaf in the pan for 15 minutes. Remove from pan and set aside to cool completely.