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Healthy Banana Nut Bread

I made banana muffins today as part of our General Conference breakfast this morning. I didn’t use nuts, but the muffins turned out beautiful and super yummy anyway! This is a different recipe than this one. Both are tasty though. You can make the recipe into loaves or muffins. I have instructions for both here.

Whole Wheat Banana Nut Bread Muffins

  • 1 1/2 c. Sucanat
  • 1 c. Oil*
  • 4 Eggs
  • 2 tsp. Vanilla
  • 3 1/2 c. Whole Wheat Flour
  • 2 tsp. Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp. Sea Salt
  • 6 large ripe Bananas, mashed
  • 2 c. Nuts, chopped (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease loaf pans or muffin pan or use muffin papers.

Mix together sucanat, oil, eggs, and vanilla. Mix in bananas and then the dry ingredients. Fold in nuts. Fill pans and bake.

Loaves: Fill loaf pans 1/2 to 2/3 full. Bake loaves for an hour at 350 degrees F. Makes 2-3 loaves, depending on size of pans and how full you fill them.

Muffins: Fill each segment 2/3 full. Bake for 15-18 minutes at 350 degrees F. Makes 24-36 muffins.

    * Coconut oil is one of the healthy choices, though it does change the flavor. You can also substitute applesauce for half the oil–probably all of it, though I haven’t tried it. Make sure you get applesauce without sugar in it or make your own.

Whole Wheat Banana Bread with Honey

This recipe came from Whole Food for the Whole Family put out by La Leche League International.  I found some of the directions time wasting and unnecessary.  I doubled the batch as it seemed silly to make only one large loaf for my family.  You can add nuts too, but I don’t usually.  Here’s my adaptation of the recipe.  It makes yummy, moist bread.  Be aware, it will be eaten very quickly!!

Whole Wheat Banana Bread

Ingredients:
* 1 cup Honey
* 2/3 cup Canola Oil
* 4 Eggs
* 2 cups Bananas, mashed (about 6 med.)
* 1/2 cup Water
* 3 1/2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
* 1 tsp. Sea Salt
* 2 tsp. Baking Soda

Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Mix honey and canola oil together until well blended. Add eggs and mix. Stir in bananas and water. Add dry ingredients and mix well. Pour in 3 greased loaf pans. Bake for 50-60 minutes. Bread is done when toothpick or knife inserted into the middle comes out clean.  Allow to cool for 10 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack to cool completely. Slice and serve.

Options: Add 1 cup nuts to make banana nut bread.  Walnuts are a typical ingredient in banana nut bread.