Whole Wheat Banana Bread

This Whole Wheat Banana Bread would be a good enough reason to buy too many bananas on a weekly basis. You can add nuts, dried fruits or chocolate if you like. Sounds delicious right, and not so weirdly healthy anymore.

Key Ingredients in This Recipe

You’ll find the complete list of ingredients and exact quantities in the recipe below.

• Bananas
• Vegetable oil
• Light or dark brown sugar
• Eggs
• Vanilla extract
• Whole wheat flour
• All-purpose flour
• Baking soda
• Baking powder
• Cinnamon
• Sugar

How to Make Whole Wheat Banana Bread

• Step 1 – In a large bowl, mix together mashed bananas, oil, light or dark brown sugar, eggs and vanilla.
• Step 2 – In another bowl, mix together the flours, baking soda and baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
• Step 3 – Add the flour mixture to the banana mixture and mix thoroughly until well combined, without any dry flour patches. Transfer the mixture into the cake form and level it.
• Step 4 – Combine the sugar and cinnamon for the topping and sprinkle that over the top of the banana bread.
• Step 5 – Bake this Whole Wheat Banana Bread in a preheated oven of 350 degrees for 60-75 minutes. Insert a thin knife or a toothpick in the center and when it comes out clean the bread is done.
• Step 6 – Remove the banana bread from the oven and allow it to cool in the form for about 15 minutes. Then lift it out of the form on a rack to cool further.
• Slice and enjoy!

Uploading this picture, makes me realize how delicious this bread is. As a nutritionist I learned how to appreciate whole wheat, but not only from a nutritional perspective. It is the flavor perspective and texture perspective that makes me continue to use whole wheat or whole grain very regularly. Flavor and texture are enhanced in this Whole Wheat Banana Bread, that’s a promise.

Other Banana Bread Recipes to Try

• Light Buttermilk Banana Bread
• Moist Banana Pecan Muffins.

Give it a try.

_{Recipe adapted from King Arthur Baking.}

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Whole Wheat Banana Bread

Author: Marinka

Prep Time30 minutes mins

Cook Time1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Total Time45 minutes mins

Course: Breads

Cuisine: American

Diet: Dairy-free, Nut-free, Vegetarian

Servings: 9 slices

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Ingredients

 

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• 454 grams bananas, mashed
• 100 grams vegetable oil
• 213 grams light brown sugar, or dark brown sugar
• 2 eggs, large
• 120 grams all-purpose flour, 120 grams
• 113 grams whole wheat flour, 113 grams
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ teaspoon cinnamon

Topping

• 1/2 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

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Instructions

 

• Preheat an oven to 325 degrees F and line a cake form (9×5 inches) with parchment paper. (NOTE 1)
• In a large bowl, mix together mashed bananas, oil, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla. (NOTE 2)
• In another bowl, mix together the flours, baking soda and baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
• Add the flour mixture to the banana mixture and mix thoroughly until well combined, without any dry flour patches.
• Transfer the mixture into the cake form and level it.
• Combine the sugar and cinnamon for the topping and sprinkle that over the top of the banana bread.
• Bake this Whole Wheat Banana Bread in the oven for 60-75 minutes. Insert a thin knife or a toothpick in the center and when it comes out clean the bread is done. (NOTE 3 and 4)
• Remove the banana bread from the oven and allow it to cool in the form for about 15 minutes. Then lift it out of the form on a rack to cool further.
• Slice and enjoy!

Notes

1. First spray the cake form with a little bit of cooking spray and then place the parchment paper inside. The cooking spray will hold the parchment paper, so it won’t roll up on you, while you try to pour the batter in the cake form.
2. Using dark brown sugar instead of light brown sugar results in a slightly darker bread. Taste-wise there is very little difference in this banana bread.
3. You can also measure the temperature of the bread to determine whether it is done. In the center of the bread the temperature should read 205 degrees F.
4. If the bread is already brown but not yet done, cover the cake form with aluminum foil for the rest of the baking.

Nutrition

Serving: 1slice | Calories: 244kcal | Carbohydrates: 55g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 0.4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Sodium: 402mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 30g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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