Banana Health Loaf

Derf's Note:

Very very good!! from Canadian Diabetes Association.

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 14 slices

• 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
• ½ cup unsweetened dried shredded coconut
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup mashed banana
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons honey

Directions:

1. Mix together flour, coconut, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl.
2. Combine banana, oil and honey.
3. Stir into flour mixture quickly but gently until just combined.
4. Do not overmix (Batter will be rough or lumpy and stiff).
5. Spread batter evenly in a lightly greased 8 x 4 inch loaf pan.
6. Bake in 350 degree oven 45 to 50 minutes until tester inserted in center comes out clean.
7. Cool in pan 10 minutes, turn out of pan and cool completely on rack.
8. Wrap in waxed paper and store overnight before slicing.
9. If keeping for longer than 2 days, refrigerate.

Reviews

[Anu]

Wonderful bread, Dorothy! I'm not a big fan of coconut and was rather apprehensive about how it would taste in this recipe, but I really wanted to try this because of the easily available ingredients, and also because it is eggless! I used freshly grated coconut and it DID add a fantastic flavour to the bread. I baked for 45 minutes, and after all the aromas wafting through my house, it was hard waiting until the next day to taste it! This tastes great toasted warm, along with a cup of coffee!

[sunshine2428]

I altered this recipe a bit, and it is very tasty and very healthy. These changes will add "extra" fibre. Here are the changes that I made. I substituted half the flour, I used 1/2 cup natural bran, and 1/4 cup of ground flax Instead of the canola oil, I added an extra banana.

[dale!]

This was very good for a fat reduced loaf and very quick to put together. I added half a can of unsweetened apple pie filling, which I chopped up a bit. It made a great addition. I must admit to not waiting until the next day to slice and eat but tryed some straight away while it was still warm, delicious!