White Chia Seed and Banana Bread
 
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A delicious banana bread with the added benefit of chia seeds.
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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.
Recipe by Finding Feasts at https://www.findingfeasts.com.au/recipe-index/white-chia-seed-banana-bread/