Ever since buying the new oven, I have been making true all of my baking fantasies that I had accumulated during the pre-oven period, for example this banana bread. Now, I happen to live with someone who love love looooves banana bread, so I have now made this bread some four times in total, every time trying to master the recipe from the previous time.
Now I can say the recipe is just perfect: the bread is moist, chocolaty, nutty, sweet but slightly salty, a perfect harmony of flavors! Try it out and see for yourself, here comes the recipe.
BANANA BREAD
4 medium ripe bananas
1/4 cup almond milk
1/4 vegetable oil
1/2 brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp baking powder
2 cups wheat flour
75g pecan nuts
50g dark vegan chocolate
1. Preheat the oven to 175°C (350F).
2. In a bowl, mash the bananas with a fork. Add milk, oil, vanilla and sugar and mix everything.
3. In another bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
4. Cut the chocolate and half of the nuts with a sharp knife into small pieces.
5. Combine all the ingredients and stir with a wooden spoon. Do not overmix!
6. Transfer the batter into a pan covered with oil and decorate with banana slices and pecan nuts.
7. Bake for 45-60 minutes.
