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Banana Bread

Banana Bread Recipe

This is easy and quick recipe for a healthy banana bread that you can feel good about serving even for breakfast. It is great served hot (that's my preferred way) or cold. You can always reheat it if you have left overs.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings: 12
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Calories: 180
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 3 ripe bananas 10-11 oz
  • 2 large eggs
  • 7 oz nonfat Greek Yogurt (plain) 200 g
  • ⅓ cup sugar (or less - you can add as little as 1.5 oz 2.2 oz/63 g
  • 3 oz all purpose flour 85 g
  • 3 oz whole wheat flour 85 g
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract optional
  • 2 oz chopped walnuts optional

Equipment

  • Non stick loaf pan
  • Parchment paper

Method
 

  1. Sift dry ingredients: flour, baking soda and baking powder, salt, cinnamon
    Dry ingredients for banana bread
  2. To a large bowl add bananas and mashed them well with a fork
    Mashed bananas for banana bread
  3. Add eggs and vanilla
    Eggs for banana bread
  4. Add yogurt and mix
    Yogurt for banana bread
  5. Add sugar and stir
    Add sugar to banana bread
  6. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients
    Add dry ingredients to banana bread
  7. Fold, be careful not to over mix it
    Mix banana bread ingredients
  8. Add walnuts if you are using them
    Walnuts for banana bread
  9. Line loaf pan with parchment paper
    Loaf pan for banana bread
  10. Add batter
    Batter for banana bread
  11. Bake at 350 F for 50 - 55 minutes
    Bake banana bread
  12. Eat it right away or wait till it cools
    Banana Bread Recipe