Banana Bread

I'm exited to be joining in the #shelftember Challenge that Jordan from Fun Cheap or Free is running.

The idea is that for the month of September instead of spending what you normally do on groceries per week, you shop your food storage, i.e your pantry, freezer and fridge to make meals from. Then you have a $25 budget to spend per week to stock up on any fresh food or anything else that you need. Is it a tight budget? Yes it is! But if your anything like me you go every week and buy new groceries but you have a huge stockpile already on hand. So it's a great opportunity to clean out your stock pile and save some money for something fun. 

Today I had some bananas that were on there last legs, so I took to pinterest to to find a recipe for Banana bread. I always love giving new recipes a try but you never know if it's going to turn out, so I'm excited when they do. This banana bread was delicious and definitely worth making! And best of all, only uses ingredients that are likely to already be in your pantry.

 BANANA BREAD 

(Recipe slightly adapted from http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/banana_bread/)

Ingredients

•  - 2 to 3 very ripe bananas, peeled
•  - 1/3 cup melted butter
•  - 1 teaspoon baking soda
•  - a pinch of salt
•  - 3/4 cup sugar 
•  - 1 large egg, beaten
•  - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
•  -1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

Method

1 Preheat the oven to 175°C (350°F), and grease a loaf pan.

2 In a mixing bowl, mash the ripe bananas with a fork until completely smooth. Stir the melted butter into the mashed bananas.

3 Mix in the baking soda and salt. Stir in the sugar, beaten egg, and vanilla extract. Mix in the flour.

4 Pour the batter into your prepared loaf pan. Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean.

5 Remove from oven and let cool in the pan for a few minutes. Then remove the banana bread from the pan and let cool before serving. Slice and serve. 

Enjoy on it's own or warm with a spread of butter.

Kylie xx