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Hi all. You may be wondering who or what is Scatty? Well Scatty is a cat who likes only one person and one person only. Therefore whatever I do or wherever I am at home, Scatty needs to be involved. Rarely do I spend any time in the kitchen when Scatty isn't getting under my feet and demanding attention. A little tip when looking for specific recipes...use the search button with terms like salads, desserts, etc. to find recipes under each category. I will endeavour to stick to this format. Most of these recipes have been taken or adapted from books and I will try to recognise the original author whenever possible. Where something is a little more original, I have a tendency to add a dash of this or a pinch of that... quantities and specifics are not my strong point. I will attempt to be more specific :-)

Saturday 5 March 2011

BAKING: Banana Bread

Jo Seagar's Jo Seagar Cooks

This is a fantastic way to use up any over-ripe bananas. It freezes well, and is great either as is, or toasted (I use a panini press to toast it - it only takes seconds)

125g butter or margarine, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
3 soft, over-ripe bananas, mashed
11/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 180 deg C. Spray a 6 cup capacity loaf tin with non-stick spray and line with baking paper.

Beat the softened butter and sugar until creamy and pale. Beat in the eggs, then the mashed banana. (Don't worry if it looks a little curdled at this point). Gently mix in the flour, baking soda and salt and when just combined, pour into the prepared tin.

Bake for approximately 1 hour, until the loaf is springy in the centre and has pulled away from the tin. Cool in the tin and slice when cold. Wrap in tinfoil or cling film to freeze.

Makes 1 standard loaf.

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