EGGLESS BANANA BREAD

Eggless Banana Bread:

Can you believe this, that my oven cover has inspired me to try this recipe:)..I had picked up a cover for my oven from nilgiris a long time ago. I actually loved it for its yellow color. Only when I got it home I realised that it has the Banana Bread recipe written on it. I always wanted to try it, but somehow procrastinated for various reasons, like “no bread loaf tin, Oh it has eggs in it, so much butter” so on and so forth.

Madhuri (cook curry nook) and I attended a 3 day home baking course at ‘Institute of Baking and Cake Art’ recently and thats when I realised that baking breads is no rocket science. baking breads at home is much more healthier as there are no transfats added to it and you can alter the fat content too.Actually saying this let me tell you I miserably failed twice before getting the bread right:(..I had tried it with yeast and for some reason I failed.  So, on Madhuri’s advice I tried this recipe without yeast, and hurrah I succeeded. Thanks Mads.:)

After my two disatrous attempts I decided to work on half the quantity mentioned and that explains the size. The bread slices are smaller in size. I have made a few alterations to suit our taste.

You’ll need:

All purpose Flour (Maida): 1 cup

Ripe banana puree: puree of 1 banana

Brown sugar: 1/3 cup (can use white sugar too)

Unsalted Butter: 2 tablespns

Oil: 1 teaspn (veg oil)

Flax seed powder: 1.5 teaspn mixed in 1/3 rd cup warm water (replacement for egg)

salt: a pinch

Baking powder: 1/4 teaspn

Baking soda: 1/4 teaspn

Vanilla essence: 1/2 teaspn

Cardamom powder: 1/4 teaspn(optional)

Procedure:

Sieve the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt in a bowl. Add banana puree, brown sugar, vanilla essence, cardamom powder, butter, oil and flax seed mixture and mix well. You can add a little milk if the dough is a little tight.

Preheat the oven at 180 deg C for 10 mins. In a greased bread loaf tin pour the batter and bake for 20 mins on 180 deg C.Please check your oven settings. This setting has worked for me. Once the bread is baked, transfer it onto a wire rack and let it cool for about 20 mins and then cut it into slices. Yummy banana bread is ready for your tea time treat.