When it finally dawned on me that my baby needed snacks in between meals I was somewhat at a loss when it came to what precisely she would have. Two years later and I am still making my very first baby snack creation but now with the assistance of Milla. I hope you enjoy the recipe as much as we do.
Banana Bread.
5 ripe bananas
250g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
Half tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
75ml water
• Mash up the bananas until smooth then mix in the water.
• Sift in all of the dry ingredients (and add dry fruit if using).
• Mix to combine but don’t over-mix (like you’re making a muffin batter, flour all gone then no more).
• Turn into a well greased pound loaf tin.
• Bake for one hour at 200 degrees centigrade (maybe 180 in a fan).
• Allow to cool on a rack wrapped in a tea towel (leaving the tea towel around it in the cake tin seems to keep it nice for longer).
Variations:
• Add a handful of dried fruits (figs, raisins, dates, apricots) occasionally needs a little more water.
• Add nuts and seeds (ground for babies).
• Replace one banana with another fruit (soft ripe pear, mango, strawberries).
• Add a little cocoa powder for chocolate banana bread.
Keeps for about one week if it lasts that long…
Yum, banana muffin are one of our favs
Great idea. My recipe has butter and eggs and sugar in it, i.e. not very suitable for little L. I’ll definitely try this one.
Btw, very cute pictures, too!
@ TheMadHouse – this makes ok muffins but can be a little crusty on top
@ Met Mum – I devised it with the aim of removing all of those ingredients, thought it would taste terrible but surprised by how nice it is. x
found your blog via amylane’s. Thanks for sharing the recipe! Great photos too :)
Yep, great fan of banana bread – we do ours with almonds or walnuts – even though I’m not big on nuts, the almond version is extra moreish :-) Photos are fabulous. You always were a great photog :-)
Mmm, almonds *makes mental note*
This looks fab, and love the fact that there is no added sugar. If you used ground nuts would you need to reduce the flour ?
Thanks for sharing :-)
I haven’t made it with ground nuts, only chopped. I would say add a tablespoon and see how it changes the mixture. Mixing the dry with a masher yeilds more moisture from the bananas so may well help incorporate ground nuts more easily.
You are welcome and thanks for stopping by!