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The Pandemic Staple. A recipe worked on during the hectic time of SARS-CoV-2.

Inspired by the BBC’s goodFood Website, this recipe for Banana Bread has a few conscious ingredient swaps. Ingredients can make a world of difference to the nutrition value of our sweet treats. A justification of the ingredients is provided at the end of the page.

Ingredients

• 140g softened butter
• 140g dark brown sugar 
• 2 large eggs
• 140g almond flour (for a low fat option use oat flour)
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 2 ripe bananas
• 5ml Vanilla Extract
• handful of walnuts

Method (10 steps)

1. Beat 2 large eggs until frothy.
2. To the beaten eggs, add 140g of dark brown sugar and 140g of butter and beat till light and fluffy.
3. Separately, mash 2 ripe bananas.
4. Add the mashed bananas to the wet ingredients and fold.
5. Add the 140g almond flour, a teaspoon of baking powder and the vanilla extract to the wet ingredients and mix.
6. Preheat the oven to 180C /160C fan/ gas 4 for 10 minutes.
7. Meanwhile, line a 2lb loaf tin with baking parchment paper.
8. Pour the mixture into the loaf tin and place on the middle tray of your preheated oven for 40 minutes to bake.
9. Leave to cool for 10 minutes.
10. Decorate with a handful of crushed walnuts.

Justifying the Ingredients

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