Whole Grain Pumpkin-Banana Bread
photo by LifeIsGood
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
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1 loaf
ingredients
- 118.29 ml soft butter
- 157.80 ml brown sugar
- 44.37 ml honey
- 2 large eggs
- 236.59 ml pumpkin puree
- 236.59 ml mashed banana, the riper the better
- 29.58 ml orange juice (or water)
- 4.92 ml vanilla extract
- 354.88 ml whole wheat flour
- 1.23 ml baking powder
- 4.92 ml baking soda
- 3.69 ml salt
- 4.92 ml ground cinnamon
- 118.29 ml diced pecans, toasted
- 29.58 ml demerara sugar, to sprinkle on top
directions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F Lightly grease an 8 1/2" x 4 1/2" loaf pan.
- In a large bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, honey, eggs, pumpkin, banana, orange juice or water. and vanilla.
- Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon, stirring to combine.
- Mix in the nuts, if you're using them.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the top of the loaf with Demerara sugar, if desired. Allow the batter to rest for 15 minutes, uncovered.
- Bake the bread for 55 to 70 minutes, or until a cake tester or toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean; and that same tester inserted about 1/2" into the top of the loaf doesn't encounter any totally unbaked batter.
- Remove the bread from the oven, and cool it on a rack. When it's completely cool, wrap it well in plastic wrap, and store it overnight before serving.
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This recipe is headed straight to my best of the best file! Banana and pumpkin together? Yes please! The flavor is wonderful and the conistency is perfection. I didn't add the nuts or demerara sugar (family preference) but I'm sure it would be delicious with them. I love the use of whole wheat flour. Yum! Made for the Went to the Market game in the Cooking Tag Games forum. Thank you!