Wattleseed Banana Bread^★ ATK

Preheat oven to 180C. Grease a loaf pan.

• 250 g plain flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tbsp ground wattleseed
• 1 tbsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg

Whisk together dry ingredients in a large bowl.

• 1 kg ripe bananas, peeled

Set aside one banana for decoration later.

Place remaining bananas in a microwave safe bowl, cover, and microwave for 5 minutes.

Transfer microwave bananas to a fine mesh strainer over a saucepan and allow them to drain, stirring occassionally (15 minutes.) You should have 1/3 - 3/4 of a cup of liquid.

Cook banana liquid in the saucepan over medium-high heat until reduced to 1/4 of a cup, about 5 minutes. Turn off the heat.

Add microwaved bananas to saucepan with reduced liquid, and mash together with a fork until incorporated.

• 115 g butter, browned and cooled
• 2 large eggs
• 150 g brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 bowl dry ingredients from earlier

Add wet ingredients the banana mixture and whisk to combine.

Add dry ingredients to the mixture, stirring until just combined. streaks of flour will remain.

• 1 banana, reserved earlier
• 1 tsp sugar

Pour batter into prepared loaf tin. Shingle the top with the banana, and sprinkle with sugar.

Bake for 55-75 minutes. Let loaf cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn onto wire rack and let cool for at least 1 hour before serving.