Blueberry and White Chocolate Banana Bread

INGREDIENTS

• 290 g/ 1¾ cup Banana
• 1 Whole Banana (optional)
• 75ml Vegetable Oil
• 180 g/ 1 cup White Sugar
• 1tsp Baking Soda
• 1/4tsp Baking Powder
• 195 g/ 1¾ cup Plain White Flour
• 150 g/ 1 cup Blueberries
• 100 g/ ¾ cup White Chocolate Chunks

METHOD

1. Prep your Oven : Pre-heat your oven to 180°C/ 356°F. Grease a rectangular baking tin with a small amount of vg butter.
2. Make a Banana Paste : Smash your bananas up to form a smooth banana paste. I use a food processor for this (it makes it way easier and quicker).
3. Make the Banana Bread Batter : After your banana paste has formed, place it into a large bowl. Then add the oil, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and flour to the bowl, in that order. Whisk together after each ingredient addition. If you used a food processor to blend the bananas, you could just mix the ingredients in there, whizzing it until combined. Note :  my recommendation is to use gram measurements with this recipe as it is way more precise. If you have scales, that would be ideal!
4. Add the Bluebs and Chocolate : Add 90% of the blueberries and 90% of the white chocolate chips (the remaining will be used for the top of the banana bread). Mix until all combined.
5. Bake your Banana Bread : Pour the batter into the greased baking tin. Cut your whole banana in half and place on top of the mixture, seed side up. This stage is optional, you can make the banana bread without this (note. this whole banana cannot be overripe otherwise it might make the bread soggy). Scatter the rest of the chocolate and blueberries around the banana. Bake the banana bread for 50 minutes, or until a knife comes out of the middle clean. If a knife comes out of the middle wet, keep the banana bread in the oven for further minutes, until it is completely cooked. This may be due to your oven temperature/ heat spots.
6. Enjoy! : Serve up your banana bread whilst it is still warm and enjoy!

This recipe was prepared and brought to you by the talented chef @georginaelizat

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