Pome: Banana Bread

Take with a steaming mug of tea

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Onetime this recipe did not exist. Pic: Paradisio Publishing

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Banana Bread

heat the oven 160/170

then,

out the icebox:

one egg

slab of butter

fullfat milk 

out the pantry:

selfraising flour

vanilla pod

bag of cane sugar

out the cupboard:

loaf tin

brown parchment paper 

pan for the hob

in the pan:

150g butter

125g cane sugar

the seeds of the vanilla pod

then:

low heat, melt all; add the egg (whisked), 190g selfraising, 50ml full fat milk

then:

grease sides and base of loaf tin with butter, line with parchment paper, pour mixture in, place on the middle rack of the heated oven for 40/50 mins; take out, let the baby rest before slicing and biting into the warmth and moistness and hoursaffirming sensation of your own homebaked banana bread magicked from the riches of this planet rocketing on through the ether, the stars spangled and the universe blown away from what the hell you created these fine eternal moments of your existence