Healthy Test Kitchen
Banana Bread- Version 1
Try this healthy banana bread--sweetened naturallly with raisins. It is perfectly sweet and packed full of banana flavor.
Yield: 11 muffins (or 2 mini loafs)
Ingredients
1/4 cup raisins in 1/3 cup water
1 cup flour
3 bananas (~1.2 cups mashed)
1 egg
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Puree raisins and boiling water. Add bananas and egg.
3. Mix dry ingredients. Add wet to dry.
4. Bake 35-40 minutes (or 30+ minutes for mini loafs).
Nutrition Information (based on 8 servings)
82 calories, 0.7g fat, 18g carbs, 2.1g fiber, 6g sugar, 2.4g protein
Notes: Mushy texture but amazing flavor. Next time, try blending raisins with less liquid and/or technique to eliminate extra moisture from bananas. Or try cooking longer. For a decadent breakfast/treat, top with yonanas, peanut butter, and peanuts. Only stays fresh for about a week or less. After that, it will become dry/stale.
Banana Bread- Version 2
Try this healthy banana bread--sweetened naturally with dates.
Ingredients
2 cups flour
2.25 cups banana
18 dates
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients.
3. Bake 20 minutes for muffins and 30-40 minutes for loaf. Cool and enjoy.
Nutrition Information (based on 16 servings)
114 calories, 0.9g fat, 24.8g carbs, 3g fiber, 10.4g sugar, 3.3g protein
Notes: Good flavor. Texture is spongy. Next time, try technique to eliminate extra moisture from bananas. For a decadent breakfast/treat, top with yonanas, peanut butter, and peanuts.
Banana Bread- Version 3
This healthy banana bread is subtly sweet. It can be baked into a loaf or muffins.
Yield: 16 mini muffins
Ingredients
2 cups flour
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
4 bananas + 1/2 cup applesauce
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup walnuts (opt)
1/2 cup raisins (opt)
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix dry ingredients. Add walnuts/raisins.
3. Mash bananas. Add eggs, buttermilk, applesauce, and extracts.
4. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients.
5. Bake 55-60 minutes for loaf (or 20-25 minutes for muffins)
Nutrition Information (based on 16 servings with walnuts and raisins)
134 calories, 3.4g fat, 23.9g carbs, 2.9g fiber, 7.9g sugar, 4g protein
Inspired by Healthy Foodie
Notes: Great flavor. Raisins and walnuts really add a nice touch. Mushy when warm. Eat after chilling. Original recipe also called for 1/4 tsp almond extract, which I decided to omit. Next time, try technique to eliminate extra moisture from bananas. For a decadent breakfast/treat, top with yonanas, peanut butter, and peanuts.