Healthy Banana Bread

Simple, easy, moist and super healthy banana bread recipe with applesauce, whole wheat flour, maple syrup and no sugar. If you can find a more simple healthy banana bread sweetened only with 1/3 cup of maple syrup and without a cup of vegetable oil, feel free to leave it in the comments.

Your perfect banana bread should be moist inside, with glossy and sticky top, with a crack. And when you take a bite it melts in your mouth. That in my world is the best healthy banana bread and you are looking at it right now!

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What Makes Super Healthy Banana Bread

• Natural sweetener like maple syrup or honey replaces refined sugar.
• Applesauce replaces almost a cup of oil and makes banana bread moist.
• Whole wheat flour adds fiber, nutrients and vitamins unlike the all-purpose flour stripped of everything that’s good for us.

What Are the Best Bananas for Banana Bread

• Yellow with brown spots bananas are super sweet.
• The uglier bananas, the better. Even uglier than in my photo and video are perfect.
• To “ripen” bananas faster, bake yellow bananas for 20 minutes at 300 degrees F.

How to Make Healthy Banana Bread

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 9 x 5 loaf pan with unbleached parchment paper. In a large bowl, mash bananas with a fork or a masher. 
2. Add eggs, applesauce, maple syrup, oil, vanilla, baking powder, baking soda and salt; whisk to combine (masher works fine). 
3. Add flour and stir gently just enough to mix. 
4. Pour batter in prepared loaf pan and bake for 50 – 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. 
5. Remove from the oven and let cool for 15 minutes. Then transfer to a cooling rack to cool off completely. 
6. Cut into 10 slices and enjoy.

This healthy banana recipe is so simple my 9 year old made it following only ingredients list without directions drafted on my phone. The bread came out exceptional. So, you can make it. It is super-duper good.

I also have amazing coconut flour banana bread and banana zucchini muffins recipes, if you are looking for a variation of banana bread recipe. As well as to-die-for delicious without a cup of oil and simple healthy zucchini bread.

Enjoy and stop eating Starbucks.:)

Healthy Banana Bread

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Simple, easy, moist and super Healthy Banana Bread Recipe with applesauce, whole wheat flour, maple syrup and no sugar. Rave reader reviews.

• Author: ifoodreal.com
• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Cook Time: 60 minutes
• Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
• Yield: 10 servings

Ingredients

• 4 medium very ripe bananas (1 1/2 cups)
• 2 eggs, large
• 1/2 cup applesauce, unsweetened
• 1/3 cup maple syrup or honey
• 2 tbsp avocado or coconut oil (melted)
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 2 tsp baking powder, aluminum free
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 1/4 cups whole wheat or spelt flour

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 9 x 5 loaf pan with unbleached parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl, mash bananas with a fork or a masher. Add eggs, applesauce, maple syrup, oil, vanilla, baking powder, baking soda and salt; whisk to combine (masher works fine).
3. Add flour and stir gently just enough to mix. Pour batter in prepared loaf pan and bake for 50 – 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
4. Remove from the oven and let cool for 15 minutes. Then transfer to a cooling rack to cool off completely. Cut into 10 slices and enjoy.

Store: Keep in a cool dry place in a glass airtight container for up to 4 days or freeze for up to 3 months.

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1 slice11713.3 g200.8 mg3.9 g19.8 g1.8 g37.2 mg

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