Whole Wheat Banana Bread

Submitted by Chef Glaucia

"This my family's favorite bread. I bake this bread at least once a week, my twin little girls just LOVE it--and it is easy to make, light and healthy too!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 19mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 16

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups white whole wheat flour
• 2⁄3 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup flax seed meal
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 mashed bananas (use very ripe bananas )
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil
• 1⁄2 cup raisins
• 1⁄3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Grease 9x5-inch loaf pan.
3. Mix six first ingredients in a medium bowl.
4. Add raisins and chocolate chips; set aside.
5. Mix bananas, eggs, oil and vanilla.
6. Combine both mixtures until well blended.
7. Pour into prepared pan.
8. Bake in center of oven 1 hour to 1 hour 5 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Reviews

[chrissa929]

BEST. I make this all the time. It is my new favorite banana bread recipe.

 

[Marz7215]

This bread was so awesome! Wish I could rate it higher, very moist and best of all packed with good stuff! I skipped the raisins and just added the chocolate chips (mini) a little bit more than 1/4 cup to make up for the raisins. This is such a nice change from the random recipes out there, and it's all good for you! Obrigada (thank you in portugese) Chef Glauca for sharing a great one! =) This is a must try!

 

[daf60]

Great recipe! I added 1/4 cup of buckwheat flour; omitted the choc chips; used coconut butter and 1/2 cup rice malt syrup instead of the sugar.

 

[Adrian Major]

Finally! A banana bread recipe with all whole wheat flour. I used walnuts instead of the chocolate chips and raisins. It was great!

 

[Outta Here]

This is quite moist for being low fat. I used Splenda for half of the sugar, and added the chocolate chips, but no raisins. I like the texture the flax seed meal gives it. Made for PAC Fall 2007.