This is one of my Mum’s recipes. I will be honest I have absolutely no idea where she collected the recipe from but this is what I use when I am looking to rustle up something quick, easy and satisfying. I completely forgot to post this recipe as promsied for you guys and I wouldn’t have thought about it now either except that one of you mentioned it this week in class. My apologies for the delay but better late than never.
Firstly though let me be honest and advise you that I am one of those people who cannot just leave a recipe alone. I always wonder what it would be like to add a little bit of this and a little bit of that. I like to put my own personal touches to it. So just in case you are wondering why it doesn’t taste the same as the bread you ate at the “Pop Up Yoga” event here is why. There is no secret ingredient that I am holding back this is just my own special adapted version.
The alterations I made to make this my own….
- instead of Sunflower Oil, I used Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
- I add sultana’s on occassions also.
- I also increase the amount of Raisins in the mixture as I personally love raisins in the bread. I have been know to double the quantity. (I don’t like chocolate pieces in mine but again you could substitute chocolate chips instead of raisins)
- I put one full packet of chopped walnuts into the mixture also.
- I use organic coconut sugar instead of honey but I will use honey if I don’t have the sugar in the house.
- I also like to be able to taste the banana so I use three instead of the recommended two bananas.
Everything else I leave alone.
So do play around with this and make it your own.
Enjoy.. this is one of my favourites, it is the quickest and easiest mixtue to put together, the hardest part is getting everything out of the press.
As an alternative, you can also do a lovely butter icing for the top and mix some more crushed walnuts into the butter icing for extra texture and bliss. I personally just love it with a slap of real butter and a cup of tea.
Ingredients:
100g Raisins
200g White Flour
1 and a 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 tsp bread soda
120ml Sunflower oil
150g Honey
2 Large Eggs
2 Medium banana’s
5 ozs walnuts
Instructions: Mix all the dry ingredients together and then mix all the wet ingredients together, then simply fold the whole lot of ingredients together. Line a 2lb loaf tin and its a matter of just pouring the mixture into the loaf tin. Placing in a hot over and waiting for your nostrils to be tantalised.
Bake for 50-60 mins at 180 degrees. Allow to cool and enjoy…. seriously delicious.