Whole Wheat Banana Nut Bread
"This is a really quick and easy recipe. Most of all its healthy, moist and tasty. The recipe has been in the family as long as I can remember. Not really sure where it came from. Kids still ask for it when they're coming home from college on the weekend."
photo by Rhonda J
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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1 loaf
- Serves:
- 10-12
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 3⁄4 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1⁄2 cup unbleached flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1⁄4 cups mashed bananas (2 large or 3 small)
- 1⁄4 1/4 cup yogurt or 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup carob chips or 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- 1⁄2 cup raisins (optional)
- 1 -2 tablespoon icing sugar, for dusting (optional)
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl cream butter and sugar together until very light and creamy.
- Beat in egg.
- Add vanilla extract and blend, set aside.
- Into a medium bowl or on a sheet of wax paper sift together whole wheat, unbleached flours and baking soda.
- In a small bowl blend buttermilk and mashed banana.
- Add dry ingredients alternately with the banana mixture to the butter mixture.
- Stirring just enought to combine well.
- Stir in walnuts and chocolate chips, raisins if you like.
- Turn into a greased and floured 9 x 5 loaf pan or bundt cake pan.
- Bake for 50-55 minutes on middle rack.
- Until tooth pick comes out clean.
- Let cool in pan for 5- 10 minutes.
- Remove from pan and cool on rack.
- After it is cooled just a light dusting with icing sugar if you like.
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Reviews
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This is a keeper. Thanks for the recipe, Marlitt. You can make it even more healthy by substituting unsweetened applesauce for the butter, dropping the calories per serving down to around 200 calories. -
This recipe turned out wonderful! Just as moist and flavorful as a regular banana bread recipe. Will definitely use this as my regular banana bread recipe. -
This was delicious and moist, though I did make a few adjustments to make it more healthy. I used all whole wheat flour, replaced the butter with 1/2 c. flaxseed meal and 1/2 c. unsweetened applesauce, and I used 1/3 c. honey in place of the brown sugar. And I made them into muffins... (baked at 375 for 20 minutes and came out with 16 muffins) half with pecans and half without for my kids--who absolutely loved them. I think the yogurt made them extra moist. Thanks! -
Delicious banana bread! I made exactly as directed except that I left out the chocolate chips, nuts and raisins, as I was in the mood for just a plain banana bread. I also didn't have buttermilk on hand so I used the lemon juice and milk trick. I really like the healthy addition of the whole wheat flour, my little ones gobbled this right up! Super moist and yummy as a banana bread should be. Looking forward to making with the chocolate chips! Will definitely be making good use of this recipe, it's a keeper! I can see why your kids still ask for it! Thanks so much Marlitt! -
I went all whole wheat flour and added some flax seed for extra fiber. Definitely moist and very yummy.
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This was very good, I used applesauce instead of the butter and used splenda brown sugar blend for regular brown sugar, It didnt have to cook as long as I thought, about 45 min, it turned out great. Thanks! -
This is a keeper. Thanks for the recipe, Marlitt. You can make it even more healthy by substituting unsweetened applesauce for the butter, dropping the calories per serving down to around 200 calories.
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This was delicious and moist, though I did make a few adjustments to make it more healthy. I used all whole wheat flour, replaced the butter with 1/2 c. flaxseed meal and 1/2 c. unsweetened applesauce, and I used 1/3 c. honey in place of the brown sugar. And I made them into muffins... (baked at 375 for 20 minutes and came out with 16 muffins) half with pecans and half without for my kids--who absolutely loved them. I think the yogurt made them extra moist. Thanks!
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I used 100% whole wheat flour and substituted flax seed oil for the butter. I substituted egg beaters for the egg. I also made this in my bread machine on the batter bread cycle. Crossed my fingers that it would turn out and it did beautifully. I used three large bananas, left out the raisins. You honestly cannot tell this is a whole wheat loaf. Very hearty. I had some for breakfast and was not hungry again until 2pm. I will definitely be making this again!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Marlitt
Toronto, 0
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