Sourdough Discard Banana Bread
This super easy sourdough discard banana bread recipe can be prepared in just minutes!
Ingredients
- 250 g Bananas (approx. 3 medium overripe bananas)
- 1 Egg
- 5 g Vanilla Extract (1 teaspoon)
- 80 g Butter (Melted (can be salted or unsalted))
- 100 g Sourdough Starter (Discard or fed & bubbly)
- 200 g All Purpose Flour
- 12 g Baking Powder (2 teaspoons)
- 100 g Brown Sugar
- 50 g White Sugar (optional)
- pinch Salt
- 20 g Golden Syrup (for brushing on after baking)
Directions
- 1
Preheat oven to 180C/350F.
- 2
Mash the overripe bananas with the back of a fork until they are fairly smooth (a few lumps is fine).
- 3
Now lightly beat the egg and vanilla together and add that to the mashed bananas. Use your fork to lightly mix the egg mix through.
- 4
In a small saucepan, melt the butter on a low heat and then add that the egg and banana mixture.
- 5
Now add the sourdough starter to the egg mixture and mix throughly.
- 6
In a separate bowl, mix all dry ingredients together and ensure that everything is mixed thoroughly.
- 7
Now add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until just combined.
- 8
Pour mixture into a buttered loaf tin.
- 9
Bake at 180C/350F for around 1 hour. Baking time will depend on the size of your tin and your oven.
- 10
The banana bread is cooked when a skewer is inserted and comes out clean.
- 11
When you take the banana bread out of the oven, brush the top with golden syrup for a lovely shiny, sweet glaze.
- 12
Allow to cool for 30 minutes before removing from the tin.