This is how you put your over-ripe bananas to good use, with my healthy banana bread!
I absolutely LOVE this healthier banana bread’s moist texture and humble flavor. Banana bread is meant to form a crack down the center as it is baking, this is a sign that the bicarb is doing its job. Have it toasted with lactose free- cream cheese/ yogurt, or with no salt/sugar added peanut butter.
Ingredients
2 cups gluten free cake flour
3/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 large eggs
3 over-ripe bananas mashed
1/3 cup plain lactose-free yogurt
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Non stick spray
Preparation
Preheat oven to 180°
Sift together flour, bicarb and salt.
Place honey & butter in a large bowl and beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (app. 1 minute).
Add the eggs, 1 at a time, making sure you beat the mix well after each addition.
Add banana, yogurt, and vanilla; beat until blended.
Add flour mixture and beat at a low speed just until evenly mixed.
Spoon the batter into your loaf pan coated with cooking spray.
Bake at 180° for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool 10 minutes inside the pan; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack
Upgrade it
*Berry it – Fold 1 cup fresh blueberries into batter. Bake as directed.
*French toast it – Cut bread into thickish slices. Toast until slightly crisp on both sides. Whisk together 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons of milk, cinnamon and nutmeg to taste, along with a pinch of salt in a bowl. Dip your bread into the mixture, let excess drip off and fry in a nonstick pan lightly coated with your choice of oil over medium-high heat,turning once.
*Choc-chip it – Fold 1 cup dark chocolate chips into the batter and bake as directed.
*Streusel it – Combine 2 tablespoons of rolled oats, 2 tablespoons wholeweat flour, 1 tablespoon brown sugar, 1 tablespoon melted butter and 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg in a bowl. Divide batter into 12 paper-lined muffin cups. Top with streusel. Bake at 180°C until done (about 25 minutes)
ENJOY!
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings 14.0 | |
| Amount Per Serving | |
| Calories 145 | |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat 5 g | 7 % |
| Saturated Fat 2 g | 12 % |
| Monounsaturated Fat 0 g | |
| Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g | |
| Trans Fat 0 g | |
| Cholesterol 35 mg | 12% |
| Sodium 187 mg | 8% |
| Potassium 107 mg | 3% |
| Total Carbohydrate 24 g | 8% |
| Dietary Fiber 2 g | 7% |
| Sugars 9 g | |
| Protein 4 g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 4% |
| Calcium | 2% |
| Iron | 6% |
