Spelt-Buttermilk Banana Bread

The recipe is the result of a lot of testing and tweaking of other recipes to come up with a banana bread healthy enough to eat everyday but still tasty enough to taste like a treat. I use white whole wheat because it is closer in taste to white flour. This produces a very moist product. For a drier consistency use only 3 bananas.

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Serves: 12
• Yields: 1 loaf

Ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup light brown sugar
• 2  eggs
• 3  bananas, very ripe and mashed
• 1  tablespoon vanilla
• 2  tablespoons  vegetable oil
• 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
• 1 3⁄4 cups  spelt flour
• 2  teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 and grease a bread pan. Set aside.
2. In a mixer, combine sugar and eggs and beat on medium speed until thick and light - about 5 minutes. Mix in bananas, vanilla, oil and buttermilk.
3. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add the flour mixture to wet ingredients and stir until just combined.
4. Pour into pre-greased pan and bake in oven until a toothpick comes out with moist crumbs sticking to it; about 1 hour.