Easy Peasie (With Lemon Squeezie) Banana Bread

Getting my "good mother" badge today making something with the Short People's favorite fruit. ;)  No, seriously... if Lily were given free access she'd have 3-4 a day easy and La isn't much higher on the self-regulation scale!

1 cup very ripe banana, mashed up

3/4 cup sugar

1.5 tablespoons golden syrup

1.5 tsp vanilla extract

2 tablespoons sunflower oil

1/3 cup vanilla bliss non-dairy milk (yummmm... evil and sugary but so vanillaliscious)

6 tablespoons hot water

a good solid squeeze off of half a lemon or thereabouts

1 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp bicarb

3/4 tsp salt

dash each of cinnamon and nutmeg, more if it's your pleasure

Set oven to preheat at 180C.  Mash banana in a medium bowl till it's smoothish... don't worry if it's not blender perfect, you just call it "rustic home-style" and pretend that was your intent - it's half the charm of a loaf anyway.  Add in sugar and beat.  Add in wet ingredients - golden syrup, vanilla, sunflower oil, vanilla bliss, hot water and lemon juice and mix.  Add in the dry ingredients - flour, bicarb, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.  Mix to incorporate, tip into a greased loaf tin and pop in the oven.  Set timer for 55 mins or until the crust is golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean.  Stand guard while it cools enough small fingers won't burn, tip out, slice and distract the 6 year old with a nose like a bloodhound long enough to have at least one slice on your own.