whole grain banana bread
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Some personal notes regarding the optionals: - If I am going to use the chips (once in a while thing), I typically use an equal mix of the chocolate and peanut butter chips. - While I think this recipe is fabulous on its own, adding strawberries to it is just yummy goodness. I add 2/3-3/4c into the batter, and layer the rest on top down the middle before baking. - If desired, sprinkle old fashioned oats over the top of the batter before baking.
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prep time
30 Min
cook time
50 Min
Ingredients For whole grain banana bread
- 1ST STAGE INGREDIENTS:
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1/4 cwheat germ
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1/4 cground flax seed
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1/4 coat flour
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1/4 cwhole wheat flour
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3/4 cbread flour
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1/2 tspkosher salt
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1/2 tspcinnamon
- 2ND STAGE INGREDIENTS:
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1/3 ccoconut oil
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1/4 choney
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1/4 cpacked natural brown sugar
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2eggs
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1 1/2 cmashed over ripe bananas
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1 tsppure vanilla extract
- 3RD STAGE INGREDIENTS:
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1/4hot water
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1 tspbaking soda
- OPTIONALS:
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1/2 cchopped walnuts
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1/2 cdark chocolate chips, preferrably 60% cocoa
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1 cstrawberries, hulled and sliced (strongly recommend this.... yum yum)
How To Make whole grain banana bread
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1Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
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2Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan with coconut oil.
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3Combine flour, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl. Whisk and set aside.
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4In another large bowl, combine butter, honey, and sugar and beat for two minutes. Add the eggs and lightly beat until just combined. Mix in bananas and vanilla -- do not over mix. Gradually beat in the flour mixture in thirds.
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5Dilute baking soda in ¼ cup hot (not boiling) water, then beat into batter.
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6Fold in, by hand, any optional ingredients that you choose.
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7Pour the batter into the pan and bake at 325 for 50-60 minutes. (Test for doneness being careful not to over bake as it may dry out the bread)
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8Remove from pan and place on a wire rack to cool. If you plan to serve this to guests and want clean slices, then allow it to cool for 30 minutes. If you want to enjoy some melt-in-your-mouth, out-of-this-world, warm banana bread, then dig in after 5 minutes.
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