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Quick and Easy Banana Bread Recipe

Try this quick and easy banana bread recipe by Kim McCosker. Simple, delicious, and perfect for using up ripe bananas. Ready in just over an hour!”

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Serves 8

INGREDIENTS

2 large, really ripe bananas
½ cup (100g) caster sugar
1 tablespoon psyllium husk
1 cup (260g) whole-egg mayonnaise
2 cups (350g) self-raising flour

METHOD

1 Preheat oven to 180C. Line a 28 x 18cm loaf tin with baking paper.
2 In a medium bowl, mash the bananas. Stir in the sugar and psyllium husk.
3 Add the mayonnaise, flour, and a pinch of sea salt and lightly mix until just combined.
4 Using a spatula, scrape the batter into the tin and bake until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean (about 45 minutes).
5 Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn onto a rack.
6 Enjoy it warm straight from the oven served as is or with a little butter and golden syrup.

Optional: Sprinkle generously with ground cinnamon before baking

Recipe created by celebrity chef Kim McCosker with Metamucil, a source of 100% natural psyllium.

Tags: Banana Bread
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