Banana and Date Loaf

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 medium bananas
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/2 cup chopped dates
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda ((bicarbonate))
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 360 F / 180 C.

2. 2

   Add bananas to a mixing bowl. Use a spoon or fork to mash them.

3. 3

   Add the wet ingredients to the bowl, and whisk to combine.

4. 4

   Add the dry ingredients, and stir to combine. Be careful not to over mix the batter. The ingredients should only be just combined.

5. 5

   Remove the pits from the dates, and roughly chop them. Stir these into the banana bread batter.

6. 6

   Pour into a lined loaf pan. Bake for about 50 minutes, or until a toothpick or skewer inserted into the middle of the bread comes out clean.