Whole-Grain Zucchini Banana Bread
photo by Outta Here
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
- 2 medium bananas, peeled and mashed
- 2 high-omega eggs
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 cup canola oil or 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 1⁄2 - 2 cups zucchini, peeled and grated
- 3⁄4 cup whole wheat flour
- 1⁄2 cup oat bran
- 1⁄2 cup ground flax seeds (I used blueberry ground flax from Trader Joe's)
- 3⁄4 cup pecan chips
- 1⁄2 cup raisins
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Prepare loaf pan or muffin tins with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, beat together bananas, eggs, sugar, vanilla and oil.
- Stir in grated zucchini.
- In a separate bowl combine the remaining ingredients.
- Stir flour mixture into banana mixture.
- Pour into prepared loaf pan or muffin tins.
- Bake approximately 45 minutes for loaf pan and 25 minutes for muffins until a toothpick tests clean.
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Reviews
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When making this bread, I did take the tip from several others & didn't peel the zicchini, but other than that the recipe was followed, & we were very, very satisfied with the great tasting loaf that resulted! Loved the use of the whole grain flour here & will be making this one again! The loaf didn't last very long, but that's the nature of great recipes like this! Thanks for sharing it! [Made & reviewed in 1-2-3 Hits tag]
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This bread turned out more like mush than a hardy bread for me. The texture was like cold oatmeal. I was surprised because I baked for the stated amount of time and it passed my toothpick test through the middle of the loaf. Loved all the healthy ingredients and incorporation of flax, so I'm disappointed it didn't turn out for me.
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Tweaks
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I had a zucchini and 2 very ripe bananas that had to be used or tossed, and am I glad, because otherwise I may not have found this recipe. Very moist and rich. I also left the zuke unpeeled. Love the flax seed meal in this. I used walnuts instead of pecans and left out raisins (don't like them!) I will be making this again!
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