Recipe: Tasty Whole Wheat Banana Bread

Whole Wheat Banana Bread. This whole wheat banana bread is made without oil and butter. Rather, applesauce is used to give the bread moisture. Its flavor and texture is In this healthier banana bread recipe, swap butter with unsweetened applesauce, all-purpose flour with whole wheat flour, and replace some of the refined.

All Reviews for Whole Wheat Banana Nut Bread. This whole wheat banana bread recipe is lightened up with Greek yogurt and is sweetened using a combination of honey and brown sugar. Do you always have extra bananas leftover at the end of the week? You can have Whole Wheat Banana Bread using 17 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Whole Wheat Banana Bread

1. You need 3 of ripe bananas.
2. You need 2 sticks of cinnamon.
3. Prepare 1 tbsp of flax seeds.
4. It's 1/4 cup of water.
5. Prepare 1/3 cup of jaggery.
6. You need 1/4 cup of oil.
7. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla.
8. You need 1 1/2 cup of whole wheat flour.
9. Prepare 3 tbsp of rolled oats.
10. It's 1/8 tsp of salt.
11. It's 1 tsp of baking powder.
12. You need 1/8 tsp of baking soda.
13. You need 1/4 cup of raisins.
14. It's 1-2 tsp of water (optional).
15. It's 1 tsp of flax seeds, to garnish.
16. You need 1/2 tsp of rolled oats, garnish.
17. You need 1 tsp of cashew nuts.

I always buy quite a few bananas on the weekend and take them to work for a snack during. Plus it is a cinch to mix together and only requires one bowl. Since I live by myself, I like to bake a big loaf of banana bread and freeze it for later. Banana bread is one of those recipes with a thousand different versions floating around the internet and in books.

Whole Wheat Banana Bread instructions

1. Grind cinnamon stick and flax seeds to make fine powder. To this add 1/4 cup water, mix well and keep aside. This is flaxmeal, a substitute of egg..
2. Mash banana in a bowl using fork and make a smooth batter..
3. Grind jaggery to fine powder and add it to mashed bananas..
4. Next add virgin coconut oil and mix well..
5. Add vanilla extract, flaxmeal (we prepared earlier) and mix well using whisk..
6. Now sieve in the whole wheat flour to wet ingredients..
7. Next we need to add oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt. Do not mix yet..
8. Lastly add raisins and coat raisin into flour so that it won't stick to the base while baking..
9. Once raisins are coated in the flour, fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients..
10. Grease the bread loaf tin with coconut oil, line it with parchment paper and transfer the batter into tin. Level it evenly using back of spatula..
11. Lastly sprinkle some chopped cashews, flaxseeds and oats..
12. Bake it in the preheated oven at 180°C for 15-18 mins. Once baked, let it cool for 20 mins before slicing..

I typically use whole wheat pastry flour in most baking recipes but traditional, slightly courser whole wheat flours work in this bread as well. Ingredients for whole wheat banana bread: Oil, eggs, bananas, Greek Yogurt, sugar, whole wheat flour, baking powder, salt - plus the mix ins you'll Cornstarch: The cornstarch helps to yield a fluffy bread when baking with whole wheat flour. If you don't have any you can replace it with white flour. I think it's a little crazy when I see banana bread recipes that call for an entire cup of sugar. Ripe bananas are so naturally sweet I actually use them as the sweetener in some recipes like smoothies and pancakes.