Heavenly Healthy Banana Bread
Heavenly Healthy Banana Bread
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| Yield: | 1 loaf, 16 to 18 slices |
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, light or dark, firmly packed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon banana flavor, optional
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 medium to large bananas, cut into chunks; about 1 pound, before peeling (as weighed at the grocery store)
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups King Arthur Whole Wheat Flour, Premium or 100% white whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Directions
1) Preheat your oven to 350°F. Lightly grease an 8 1/2" x 4 1/2" or 9" x 5" loaf pan.
2) In a large bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until smooth. Add the vanilla, baking soda, salt, and bananas, beating until well combined. The mixture will be fairly smooth, with some scattered small chunks of banana.
3) Beat in the honey and eggs.
4) Add the flour, then the walnuts, stirring until smooth.
5) Spoon the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top. Let it rest at room temperature for 10 minutes.
6) Bake the bread for 50 minutes, then gently lay a piece of aluminum foil across the top, to prevent over-browning. Bake for an additional 10 to 15 minutes, then remove the bread from the oven; a long toothpick or cake tester inserted into the center should come out clean.
7) Allow the loaf to cool for 10 minutes; then remove it from the pan, and set it on a rack to cool completely.
Yield: 1 loaf, 16 to 18 servings.
Reviews
05/14/2012- I love making banana bread for home and to give away. This was my first time using this recipe, and it was great! I doubled it and ended up not having enough honey so I substituted pure maple syrup for the honey and sprinkled maple sugar on top before baking. DELICIOUS!!!
- 05/13/2012
- Easy and delicious!
- 04/14/2012
- This has to be one of the best banana nut bread recipes that I have ever tried...and it's healthy too!! Healthy and easy to make--what more could you ask for?? Thanks KA!!
- 03/26/2012
- I've been using the same banana bread recipe for at least a decade and was a bit leery about switching it up, especially not knowing how I'd like the whole wheat. However, this recipe is great! It comes out so moist. I even shared the recipe with friends after eating just one small slice!
03/24/2012- I'm sure its tastes great but can we stop pretending a bread with 8 Tbl of sugar plus additional maple syrup is healthy. About the only thing food scientists can agree on these days is sugar is not healthy. Notwithstanding the efforts of the sugar lobby. Yes, I eat sugar. But I don't pretend throwing some whole wheat flour in magically makes something healthy that otherwise contains a load of sugar.
- 03/22/2012
- I will never use another banana bread recipe! I followed it exactly except I didn't have walnuts so I used almonds and crushed them up and sprinkled some extra on the top before I baked it, and didn't use the banana flavoring, it was not necessary. It was perfectly moist, the right density, and very easy to make.
03/10/2012- Excellent! Very moist and tasty. I baked it in a mini loaf pan and it turned out beautifully.
- 02/28/2012
- I made this banana bread today. As a matter of fact I made two batches and converted it into muffins. The baking time was shorter and I always go directly by a new recipe to see how it comes out. The muffins are excellent and the texture is beautiful and fluffy. I used the 100% whole wheat flour. I am a type 1 diabetic and this banana bread does not even affect my bs sugar. So I know I will continue to make this. Also I have done cakes with the 100% whole wheat flour (not white). The cakes came out beautiful. This is a winner for me.
- 02/21/2012
- This is definitely Heavenly! I've never had whole wheat banana bread; but, it's the only one I'm going to make now. Absolutely delicious!! I cut it while it was still hot because I couldn't wait and it sliced beautifully! Definitely a winner!
- 02/12/2012
- Wow - I had no idea wheat bread could be so delicious! My modifications were - 1/4 cup I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce, 1/2 cup Splenda brown sugar, 1/8 cup honey, and I added 1/4 cup ground flax seed with the flour. I had 5 medium bananas, and I used all of them. I let them get completely black, and I left out the banana flavoring. I think I may even cut back on the brown sugar next time. Followed baking time exactly. Deeeeeelish!
