Banana Pecan Loaf
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
30 min.
Preparation
ready in 3 h. 15 min.
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Ingredients
for
1
- Ingredients
- ⅛ oz Dried yeast
- 1 ½ ozs Yeast
- 2 cups Whole wheat flour
- ⅘ cup flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 5 ozs ripe Banana (chopped and squashed with a fork)
- 1 cup Pecan (roughly chopped)
- 2 Tbsps neutral vegetable oil
Preparation steps
1.
Mix the yeast in a cup with 5 tbsp lukewarm water.
2.
In a bowl, mix together both types of flour and the salt. Make a well in the middle and pour in the yeast. Dust with a little of the flour and leave to rise for 15 minutes.
3.
Mix in the squashed banana, the nuts and gradually add 120-160 ml lukewarm water. Knead into a smooth dough both in the bowl and on the work surface. Shape into a ball, return to the bowl, cover with a dish cloth and and leave to rise in a warm place for 1 hour until the dough has doubled in size.
4.
Once it has risen re-knead the dough again on a floured work surface, working the oil in. Place in a greased and floured loaf tin and leave to rise for another 15 minutes.
5.
Heat the oven to 160°C (140°C in a fan oven), 325°F gas 3.
6.
Bake the bread for one hour on the lower/middle shelf. Test that it is done using a wooden stick. Knock the bread out of the tin and leave to cool on a wire rack. Slice when fully cooled.
