There can be no substitute for the banana bread. Soft, moist bread with the sweet taste of bananas is just the right snack to go into a child's school snack box. This is one snack that's enjoyed by children and adults all over the world. And it's so easy to make too. You don't have to go searching for ingredients. Whenever you have bananas that have become over-ripe, you could bake a batch of sweet bread. Leave alone the taste and the flavour; I bake bread habitually because I love its aroma.

Bananas have a long freezer life. You can store blackened bananas in the freezer for as many as six months and use them to make bread whenever you want. This fragrant bread is said to have been found in the eighteenth century by housewives who experimented with pearlash as a leavening agent. The recipe was revived in the 1930's when baking powder became popular. Now, banana bread is popular throughout the world as a comfort food. Australia has a special fondness for this bread; they even celebrate a National Banana Bread day every year on Feb 23rd.

This bread has in it the goodness of bananas; potassium, found in bananas helps to regulate blood pressure and helps to calm down frayed nerves. You can make your homemade banana bread healthier by adding raisins and nuts. If you've never made this dish before, you'd be surprised at how easy this is. Just bake many loaves and store it in your freezer to use whenever you want.

Here's my recipe for banana bread. You'll need -

• All-purpose flour - 2 cups
• Salt - 1/4 tsp
• Butter - 1/2 cup
• Baking soda - 1 tsp
• Brown sugar 3/4 cup
• Beaten eggs - 2
• Overripe banana pulp - 2 1/3 cups

Instructions -

Preheat your oven to 350F. Grease a bread pan, 9 x 5 inches. Mix together the flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl.

Take another bowl and fold in brown sugar with softened butter. Blend in eggs and mashed bananas and keep mixing till the mixture's uniform. Now, pour this mixture into the flour bowl and mix. Transfer this batter to the bread pan. Keep this in the oven and bake for one hour. The banana bread is ready if it passes the toothpick test. Let it rest in the pan for 10 minutes; then transfer to a wire rack.

Your banana bread is ready. Serve this with butter and a cup of hot tea.

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