Healthy Banana Bread Recipe – How To Make Healthy Banana

I found this healthy banana bread recipe and I will share all the details on how to make a healthy banana bread in this article.

I’m for all things healthy, everyone loves to snack, and baking can be a therapeutic for some of us, and I love me some healthy banana bread, so I went in search and I found one.

So if you’ve been searching for a healthy banana bread recipe, look no further, I found the best healthy banana recipe from cookieandkate blog, and you can simply follow the instructions in this article and bake some for yourself and family.

So let’s get right into it.

Banana bread is one of those classic, all-American comfort food recipes that fills the whole house with warmth and makes everything better. Banana bread is magic.

I perfected this banana bread recipe for my cookbook and wanted to share with you here. This recipe has all the hallmarks of classic banana bread—it’s fluffy, moist, infused with sweet banana flavor, and beloved by toddlers and adults alike.

Bonus? This recipe requires just one bowl, a few measuring cups and some basic ingredients.

What makes this banana bread healthy?

• This banana bread recipe is made with 100 percent whole wheat flour, unlike traditional banana bread recipes that call for refined flour and lots of processed sugar.
• This banana bread is naturally sweetened with honey or maple syrup, which offer some trace nutrients that white sugar does not.
• Lastly, this recipe calls for a reasonable amount of unrefined oil rather than whole sticks of butter (choose from virgin coconut oil, extra-virgin olive oil or vegetable oil).

As you can see, my homemade banana bread has plenty of redeeming qualities, chief being that it won’t send your blood sugar levels for a loop. You can keep them all to yourself, though. No one will be able to tell that this is healthy banana bread!

Banana Bread Flour Options

This recipe is flexible! Any of the following flours will work well. I love to use white whole wheat flour and whole wheat pastry flour—they offer all the whole wheat nutrients, without the characteristically nutty flavor.

• All-purpose flour
• Gluten-free all-purpose flour blend
• Oat flour*
• Spelt flour
• Whole wheat flour
• Whole wheat pastry flour
• White whole wheat flour

Tip: How to Measure Flour

For best results, it’s important to measure your flour properly. Here’s how to measure flour in cups using the “spoon and swoop” method:

1. Gently stir your flour with a large spoon to loosen it up.
2. Spoon the flour into your measuring cup (don’t scoop it in!).
3. Level off the excess with a butter knife.

Ingredients For Healthy Banana Bread Recipe

• ⅓ cup (75 grams) melted coconut oil or extra-virgin olive oil or high quality vegetable oil*
• ½ cup honey (168 grams) or maple syrup (155 grams)
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup (225 grams) mashed ripe bananas (about 2 ½ medium or 2 large bananas)
• ¼ cup (56 grams) milk of choice or water
• 1 teaspoon baking soda (NOT baking powder; they aren’t the same!)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon, plus more to swirl on top
• 1 ¾ cups (220 grams) white whole wheat flour or regular whole wheat flour**
• Totally optional: ½ cup mix-ins like chopped walnuts or pecans, chocolate chips, raisins, chopped dried fruit, fresh banana slices…

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit (165 degrees Celsius) and grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
2. In a large bowl, beat the oil and honey together with a whisk. Add the eggs and beat well, then whisk in the mashed bananas and milk. (If your coconut oil solidifies on contact with cold ingredients, simply let the bowl rest in a warm place for a few minutes, like on top of your stove, or warm it for about 10 seconds in the microwave.)
3. Add the baking soda, vanilla, salt and cinnamon, and whisk to blend. Lastly, switch to a big spoon and stir in the flour, just until combined. Some lumps are ok! If you’re adding any additional mix-ins, gently fold them in now.
4. Pour the batter into your greased loaf pan and sprinkle lightly with cinnamon. If you’d like a pretty swirled effect, run the tip of a knife across the batter in a zig-zag pattern.
5. Bake for 55 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean (typically, if I haven’t added any mix-ins, my bread is done at 55 minutes; if I have added mix-ins, it needs closer to 60 minutes). Let the bread cool in the loaf pan for at least 10 minutes. You may need to run a butter knife around the edges to loosen the bread from the pan. Carefully transfer the loaf to a wire rack to cool before slicing.
6. And that’s it you can enjoy your banana bread.

Did you make this recipe?

Please let me know how it turned out for you! Leave a comment below.

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