Recipe: Best Banana Bread – A healthy take on this classic treat.
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Ready for some seriously good banana bread? Possibly the best banana bread ever? The best banana bread that is also healthy? You read that right. With sprouted flour, organic whole cane sugar, and a generous amount of gooey butter, this banana bread is really delicious.
Really.
Something about the colder month just makes me want to bake. When I was first making the switch to real foods I found it easy to make my own goodies, but more difficult to stay away from refined sugars and flours. Then I discovered the goodness of using sprouted flour! Sprouted flour is easier to digest, has increased vitamins, and reduced anti-nutrients. Good stuff, people. Good stuff.
This is definitely the best banana bread I’ve ever made, and that’s saying something. I’ve probably cycled through a dozen different recipes over the years, never fully satisfied. But now. NOW, I have my own best banana bread recipe that I can feel good about eating. And so can you.
This banana bread is moist, dense, lightly sweet, and the hint of cinnamon just feels as cozy as Fall. Yum.
Best Banana Bread Recipe: Sprouted and refined sugar free!
Ingredients:
2 cups sprouted whole wheat flour (where to find sprouted flour products)
3/4 cup organic whole cane sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinammon
3 ripe bananas, smashed
2 large eggs, beaten
6 Tbs butter, melted (where to find quality oils)
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup plain yogurt (full fat, please.)
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Directions:
Preheat oven to 350. Butter and flour a bread pan.
1. In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Mix thoroughly.
2. In a separate bowl, combined smashed bananas, eggs, melted butter, vanilla, and yogurt.
3. Gently fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients (be careful not to over “smash” your banana bits). Scoop into prepared bread pan. Dough will be thick. Use a spatula to even it out in the pan.
4. Bake for 40 – 50 minutes in a 350 degree oven. (Oven times will vary, check at 35 minutes and continue baking until a toothpick comes out clean.) Let cool in pan for 10 minutes and then move to wire rack to cool completely.
Enjoy!
This post is part of Motivational Monday, Sweet Sharing Monday, Natural Living Monday, Scratch Cookin’ Tuesday, Monday Mania, Make Your Own Monday, Fat Tuesday, Whole Foods Wednesday, Real Food Wednesday, Frugal Days Sustainable Ways, Healthy 2Day Wednesday, The Mommy Club, Full Plate Thursday, Eat Make Grow Thursday, Keep it Real Thursday, Simple Lives Thursday, Freaky Friday, Farm Girl Friday, Simple Meals Friday, Fight Back Friday, Fill Those Jars Friday, and Sunday School.
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It sounds yummy! I tried making sprouted flour last year. I think it was part of a GNOWFGLIN’s class I took. I’m sure it’s easier to buy the flour rather than create it.
Thanks for linking up to Motivation Monday!
Ha ha… yeah, I still haven’t tried making my own sprouted flour. I’m just so glad my local Real Foods Market has it. Once less thing I need to make “from scratch.”
This looks wonderful! We’re gluten-free, so flour is out, but we could sub almond flour with the same recipe. Can’t wait to try it (;
Just found your blog via Say Not Sweet Anne and became your most recent follower (: I look forward to coming back for more posts…Hope you have a lovely week!!
Michele xoxo
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Let me know how the almond flour works!
Thanks for stopping by. Your blog is beautiful!
This looks delicious. Very cool photography, too!
Thanks, Stacy!
Hi Robin,
This looks like a great Banana Bread, yummy! Have a great weekend and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
Thank you for your submission on Nourishing Treasures’ Make Your Own! Monday link-up.
Check back tomorrow when the new link-up is running to see if you were one of the top 3 featured posts!
Hi. Thank you for the recipe. Can you subsitute coconut flour?
Thanks
Coconut flour usually requires adding a lot more eggs… so it probably isn’t a great substitute for this exact recipe. I’d check out realfoodforager.com. She has a ton of grain-free recipes and might have a great banana bread one if you are looking for a gluten-free option.