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Healthy Banana Bread

This is the best healthy banana bread you'll ever make. It's perfectly sweet, made with a blend of regular and whole wheat flour and has yogurt to keep it nice and moist.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 15 minutes
Course: Bread, Breakfast/Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Healthy Banana Bread, healthy banana bread recipe
Servings: 12
Author: Brittany Mullins

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup whole wheat or whole wheat pastry flour
  • ¾ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 cup organic cane sugar or coconut sugar
  • ¼ cup butter softened or melted coconut oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3 ripe bananas mashed (1 ½ cups)
  • ⅓ cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F and line a loaf pan with parchment paper or coat with nonstick spray.
  • Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl.
    A woman's hand uses a metal whisk to whisk the flour in a bowl used for a banana bread.
  • Place sugar and butter in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 1 minute).
    Sugar and butter combined in a large mixing bowl.
  • Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
    Beat eggs in a large mixing bowl.
  • Add banana, yogurt, and vanilla; beat until blended.
    Banana, yogurt, and vanilla added to the beat eggs in a large mixing bowl.
  • Add flour mixture to the wet mixture and beat at low speed just until moist.
    Wet and dry ingredients used for the banana bread combined in a large mixing bowl.
  • Spoon batter into prepared loaf pan.
    Dough for the banana bread in a loaf pan before being baked.
  • Bake at 350°F for 1 hour or until a tooth pick or butter knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
    Banana bread after being baked in a loaf pan.

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Notes

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  • Low-sugar: If you'd prefer a lower sugar banana bread feel free to reduce the amount of sugar to 1/2 cup. I've tested this bread with both 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup sugar and both turned out great.
  • Dairy-free: To make this banana bread dairy-free use melted coconut oil or vegan butter and swap the Greek yogurt with a dairy-free yogurt.

Nutrition

Serving: 1slice | Calories: 253kcal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 50mg | Sodium: 227mg | Potassium: 174mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 24g