The Best Banana Nut Bread

Bananas alone are nutritional powerhouses, loaded with potassium and other important nutrients. They are routinely on my grocery list – between using in smoothies, eating with peanut butter and toast for breakfast, or just plain, we go through bunches each week! When they get overly ripe, I toss them in my freezer for future baking – usually some kind of muffin or loaf.

This recipe would be perfect as a healthy lunchbox snack for the kids, enjoyed mid-morning at work for the adults, or even simply warmed up as a delicious after dinner treat!

Baked goods do not have to be a guilty pleasure! When the right ingredients are selected, you can turn sweets into a delicious and nutritious snack option.

Baking Tips for Making The Best Banana Bread

1. The riper the bananas the better your banana bread is going to be. The bananas are going to be the major sweetness in the bread and the sweeter they are the better the banana flavour is. The banana flavour is going to be stronger and richer if you use really ripe bananas.
2. Don’t over-bake the banana bread. You want it to be moist and tender crumbed, not dry and tough.
3. Simple ingredients that you can find from your pantry – ripe bananas, butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, baking soda, nuts, and flour. What is important to know though, is that if you replace these ingredients with nutritious alternatives, banana bread can actually be a healthful and filling snack that could be consumed anytime of day.
4. Chocolate chips or no chocolate chips, the choice is up to you!

Enjoy !

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The Best Banana Nut Bread

The recipe for moist and delicious banana bread is super easy. It’s truly the best!

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 55 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 5 minutes mins

Course Breakfast, Snack

Servings 1 loaf

Ingredients

  

• 1 cup  all-purpose flour (or whole wheat flour)
• 3/4 cup whole whear flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar (or brown sugar)
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup mashed ripe bananas (2-3 ripe bananas)
• 1/2 cup plain yogurt
• 1/2 cup chopped sliced almonds
• 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips (optional)

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C), and butter a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.
• In a bowl, combine all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on high speed, beat sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Stir in bananas and yogurt until well blended. Add flour mixture and beat on low speed until just combined. Stir in dried cranberries and almonds.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven for 45 to 55 minutes or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then transfer to rack to cool until just warm or let cool completely.