BEST Summer Banana Bread

During the warm months of summer, I seem to always have a few bananas in my fruit basket that get TOO RIPE, TOO QUICKLY….Here is a perfect solution to that problem. This is a very easy recipe using ingredients you probably always have on hand. It is simple enough to make that you will want to call the kids in from their outdoor adventures to get cooled off for 15 minutes to help you measure, pour, mix and pop this delicious banana bread into the oven. If you have a bunch of kids over, you can make this into muffins for easier serving. Send the kids back outside when you put the bread into the oven and they will have another hour to play before you call them in for their homemade healthy snack.

BEST Summer Banana Bread
1 ½ cups white whole wheat flour
½ cup oat flour or ground oats
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
¼ cup maple syrup
2 large egg
1 1/2 cups (from 4 medium bananas) ripe bananas, mashed
1/3 cup plain yogurt or low-fat buttermilk
3 tablespoons coconut oil
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Measure out the flour, oat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon into a small bowl and mix. Mash the VERY ripe bananas in a medium bowl. Add the eggs, brown sugar, oil and maple syrup to the bananas and stir until blended. Slowly fold in the flour mixture and yogurt or buttermilk. Add walnuts if desired and stir gently. When blended, pour into a greased 9 x 5 inch bread pan. Bake of 1 hour. Test with a toothpick and remove from oven when toothpick comes out clean. Let cool, turn out of pan onto cooling rack and serve.
If you have any left over you can stop in a ziplock bag or tupperware in the refrigerator-but it may all disappear when the kids swoop in for their snack.

BEST Summer Banana Bread

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

1 hour

Total time

1 hour 15 mins

 

Have a bunch of bananas that ripened before you could finish the last few?.....Here is the perfect fun activity for kids during the summer.

Author: Kerry

Recipe type: Breakfast or Snack

Cuisine: American

Serves: 12

Ingredients

• BEST Summer Banana Bread
• 1 ½ cups white whole wheat flour
• ½ cup oat flour or ground oats
• 1½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ cup packed brown sugar
• ¼ cup maple syrup
• 2 large egg
• 1½ cups (from 4 medium bananas) ripe bananas, mashed
• ⅓ cup plain yogurt or low-fat buttermilk
• 3 tablespoons coconut oil
• ½ cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Measure out the flour, oat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon into a small bowl and mix.
3. Mash the VERY ripe bananas in a medium bowl.
4. Add the eggs, brown sugar, oil and maple syrup to the bananas and stir until blended.
5. Slowly fold in the flour mixture and yogurt or buttermilk.
6. Add walnuts if desired and stir gently.
7. When blended, pour into a greased 9 x 5 inch bread pan.
8. Bake of 1 hour. Test with a toothpick and remove from oven when toothpick comes out clean. Let cool, turn out of pan onto cooling rack and serve.

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