Low sugar banana bread

I'm ALWAYS on the hunt for a quick, easy, healthy banana bread recipe. I want a bread, not a cake, which means that it's something that's less sweet, toast-able, able to be smothered in butter, or spread over with a bit of ricotta and a drizzle of honey or maple syrup.

I also need something that's TASTY and that's where my test panel  comes in - a hungry, 9 year old, starving after school.

So here's the recipe. The other great thing about this is that it's so easy, no prior baking skills required. 

Banana bread (low sugar) 

This recipe has 14 carb exchanges. 

Ingredients

1 cup mashed banana (approx 2 large or 3 med bananas)

1/4 cup sugar

2 eggs lightly beaten

50 ml light olive oil

1/4 cup (60ml) milk

200g self raising flour (or 100g wholemeal, 100g SRF)

1 tsp baking powder (optional)

2 tsp cinnamon

Method

1 Preheat oven to 180*C. Grease loaf pan and line with baking paper.

2 Combine banana and sugar in a bowl. Stir in egg, oil and milk. Add remaining ingredients. Stir until just combined. Do not overwork or it becomes a bit gluggy.

3 Pour into the lined tin. Spread so it's even. [Tip: Give the loaf pan a few sharp taps on the benchtop so the mixture settles evenly.] 

4 Bake uncovered about 1hr (keep your nose out to smell when it's done. I often find mine is done in about 50 mins in my oven)

5  Stand bread 5 mins then turn onto wire rack. Turn bread top-side to cool.