White Chia Seed and Banana Bread

Ingredients

2 large bananas – very ripe

125g unsalted butter – room temperature

1 cup caster sugar – this can be reduced to personal taste

2 eggs

100ml buttermilk – recipe below if you are out of this ingredient

1 tsp vanilla essence

225g self raising flour – recipe below if you are out of this ingredient

3/4 cup chia seeds – I used white

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp ground ginger

1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

*Homemade buttermilk

1 tbs white vinegar

milk to make 1 cup with the vinegar in it.

Leave to sit for 5 minutes and then use as buttermilk

*Homemade self raising flour

225g plain flour = 1.8 cups

3 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

stir to combine

Method

Pre heat oven 180°C / 360°F and grease a rectangular bread tin. Cut some baking paper to line the base and then set aside.

Place the banana, butter, buttermilk, eggs, caster sugar and vanilla in to a food processor and process for 2 minutes.

Add the flour, chia seeds, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and cinnamon and process till just combined, about 10 seconds if that.

Pour this into your prepared bread tin.

 Place in the oven for 1 hour or till a skewer comes out clean.

White Chia Seed and Banana Bread

 

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Prep time

20 mins

Cook time

1 hour

Total time

1 hour 20 mins

 

A delicious banana bread with the added benefit of chia seeds.

Author: FinSki's

Recipe type: Cake

Cuisine: English

Serves: 10

Ingredients

• 2 large bananas – very ripe
• 125g unsalted butter – room temperature
• 1 cup caster sugar – this can be reduced to personal taste
• 2 eggs
• 100ml buttermilk – recipe below if you are out of this ingredient
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 225g self raising flour – recipe below if you are out of this ingredient
• ¾ cup chia seeds – I used white
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda

*Homemade buttermilk

• 1 tbs white vinegar
• milk to make 1 cup with the vinegar in it.
• Leave to sit for 5 minutes and then use as buttermilk

*Homemade self raising flour

• 225g plain flour = 1.8 cups
• 3 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• stir to combine

Method

1. Pre heat oven 180°C / 360°F and grease a rectangular bread tin. Cut some baking paper to line the base and then set aside.
2. Place the banana, butter, buttermilk, eggs, caster sugar and vanilla in to a food processor and process for 2 minutes.
3. Add the flour, chia seeds, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and cinnamon and process till just combined.
4. Pour this into your prepared bread tin and cook in the oven for 1 hour or till a skewer comes out clean.

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