Preheat the oven

• Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
• Butter and line the loaf pan.

Mash the bananas

• Peel the ripe bananas and mash them in a bowl until smooth.

Mix the wet ingredients

• Add the melted butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla extract to the bananas.
• Whisk until well combined.

Add the dry ingredients

• Add the flour, baking soda and salt.
• Fold gently until just combined, without overmixing.

Bake the banana bread

• Pour the batter into the loaf pan and smooth the top.
• Bake until golden and a knife inserted in the centre comes out clean.

Cool and serve

• Let the banana bread cool in the pan for a few minutes, then turn out onto a rack.
• Slice and serve.