A Few of My Favourite Things !

Way back mid-last year, a Paper Chef entry caught my eye and this recipe has been sitting in my ‘to try’ folder for some time. I love banana bread and would normally use mum’s recipe but buttermilk just conjured up such cosy feelings and images for me that I had to try this recipe out…with a few modifications of course!

I used one mashed banana and about 4 dried ones, all chopped up into little pieces, and also added not just dried dates but apricots and sultanas as well. With the additiional dried fruit, I really should have cut out the sugar entirely as it turned out to be just a tad too sweet for my tastes. What a great loaf otherwise though - moist with a good crumb.

Btw, A. loved the sound of buttermilk so much that he considered having it on his cereal but upon tasting a little, found that it not to be rich and creamy as he had imagined, but thin and sour instead!

Buttermilk-Honey Banana Bread

2 eggs, ¾ cup sugar, 1 mashed banana, 1/3 cup buttermilk, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, 1 ¾ cups flour, 2 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp baking soda, ½ tsp salt, 30 g butter, 1/4 cup honey, 1/4 cup chopped dates, 1/3 cup chopped dried bananas, 1/4 cup dried apricots and sultanas, 1/4 cup walnuts

1. Beat the eggs with the sugar for about 5 min until thick and light.
2. Add mashed bananas, buttermilk, walnuts, honey, dried fruit, oil, butter and vanilla.
3. Add sifted flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt mixture to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
4. Pour batter into loaf tin and bake at 170C for 60 min until top is golden brown.

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