Banana bread recipe: Easy-to-cook recipe for people with Myasthenia Gravis
Finding meals that are simple to eat may be a high priority if you experience MG symptoms like trouble chewing or swallowing.
If you have a sweet tooth, but are also mindful of nutrition, this dish might be just what you’re craving! Submitted by Rachel,* who lives with myasthenia gravis (MG), this soft banana bread is MG-friendly from the meal prep to the meal itself.
Ingredients
- 170 g butter or margarine, at room temperature
- 300 g caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3 bananas, mashed (can use overripe bananas from the freezer)
- 5 g vanilla extract
- 5 g bicarbonate of soda
- 250 g plain flour, sifted
- A pinch of salt
- 180ml soured cream
- 90g chopped pecans (optional)
Banana Bread Recipe
Directions
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Butter and flour two 21.5 cm by 11.5 cm loaf tins.
- In a stand mixer, cream sugar and butter together on medium speed for 10 minutes, or until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs, mixing them in fully.
- Mix the vanilla into the mashed banana.
- Add the mashed banana mixture to the butter and sugar mixture.
- In a separate bowl, sift the dry ingredients together.
- Pause the mixer and add roughly half of the dry ingredients, then resume mixing.
- Pause the mixer and add the sour cream, mixing well.
- Pause the mixer and add the remaining dry ingredients.
- Optional: Remove the bowl from the mixer and fold in the chopped pecans.
- Divide the batter into the prepared loaf tins. Place the loaf tins on a baking tray to make it easier to transfer them in and out of the oven. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean and the loaves are golden brown.
- Allow the bread to cool completely before slicing. As a serving suggestion, it’s great with whipped butter or cream cheese.
Please consult your healthcare team for which recipes are best for your dietary needs, whether any modifications would be appropriate, and consider any allergies or dietary restrictions before making these recipes.
Featured on mg-united.com, a site for U.S. readers, this recipe has been contributed by individuals living with myasthenia gravis.
EU-UNB-25-00059 - Date of preparation: July 2025
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