Healthy Banana Bread Recipe

4.50 from 25 votes
A loaf of banana bread partly sliced on a white rectangular plate. Two ripe bananas are in the background, resting on a wooden surface. The bread appears moist and dense, with a cracked top crust.

This banana bread recipe is healthy, free of refined sugar and easy to make. If you are looking for a guilt free dessert, this banana bread is for you! This recipe contains whole wheat flour instead of regular white wheat flour, honey instead of sugar, olive oil instead of vegetable oil and you can you use any milk that you like instead of regular cow’s milk. The result is moist, rich and delicious banana bread.

A loaf of banana bread partly sliced on a white rectangular plate. Two ripe bananas are in the background, resting on a wooden surface. The bread appears moist and dense, with a cracked top crust.

Healthy Banana Bread Recipe

4.50 from 25 votes
Prep Time 1 hour
WORK TIME 10 minutes
DIFFICULTY Easy
Cuisine World
Servings 8 yields

Ingredients
 

  • 3 Large bananas ripe
  • 2 Eggs large
  • ¼ cup 60ml Milk of your choice
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • â…“ cup 80ml Coconut oil/olive oil
  • â…“ cup 115g Honey/maple
  • 1½ cups 190g Whole wheat flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt
  • ½ cup 50g Walnuts, chopped
  • ½ teaspoon Cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • DIRECTIONS
    1. Preheat oven to 350F (180C). Line a 9X5-inch (23X12cm) loaf pan with parchment paper.
    2. In a large bowl, mash the bananas, add eggs and whisk until combined. Add honey and whisk until combined. Add milk, olive oil/coconut oil, vanilla extract and whisk until combined.
    3. In a separate bowl stir flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
    4. Add flour mixture into wet mixture and stir until combined. Add chopped walnuts and give a last stir.
    5. Pour the batter into prepared pan and bake for about 50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. If after 30 minutes in the oven, the bread turns too brown, cover with foil for the rest of baking.
    6. Let cool on a wire rack before serving.

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One Comment

  1. kelli h weiss says:

    just mistakenly deleted all!! will write after bread is done/tasted, ok??

    March 21, 2021
4.50 from 25 votes (25 ratings without comment)

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