Pumpkin Banana Bread
Moist Pumpkin Banana Bread with ripe bananas, pumpkin puree, and cozy pumpkin pie spice! It's perfect for a fall breakfast, snack, or dessert and so easy to make in one bowl.
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 251kcal
Ingredients
- 3 medium overripe bananas (yellow with brown spots) 1 cup mashed
- 1 cup pumpkin puree not pumpkin pie filling
- 1 egg large
- 1/2 cup maple syrup or honey
- 2 tablespoon any mild oil I used avocado oil
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups all purpose flour or whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup pecans chopped
Instructions
- 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. Add pumpkin puree, egg, maple syrup, oil, vanilla, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Whisk to combine until no white lumps.
- Add flour and stir gently just enough to mix. Add pecans and give a few more stirs.
- Pour batter in prepared loaf pan and bake for 50 - 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes. Then transfer to a cooling rack to cool off for another 10 minutes. Cut with serrated knife into 10 slices and enjoy.
Notes
- Store: Keep in a cool dry place in a glass airtight container for up to 4 days.
- Freeze: Wrap tightly and store in freezer safe container up to 3 months.
- To "ripen" bananas faster: Bake yellow bananas with skin on for 20 minutes at 300 degrees F oven. Or place a few ripened bananas or apples with unripened ones in a brown bag, close tightly and wait 1-2 days.
- Don’t overmix the batter: If you overmix the batter, gluten develops resulting in tough bread.
- Don't over bake: Remove bread from the oven as soon as toothpick comes out clean.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 251kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.002g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 262mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 19g