Nutty Banana Chocolate Chip Bread
Description
This tasty recipe is deliciously moist and sweet while still including plenty of whole grains and healthy ingredients.
Ingredients
- ¾ cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup whole wheat flour
- ¼ cup milled flax seed
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ cup butter, at room temperature
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup granular sucralose sweetener (such as splenda®)
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- ½ cup nonfat plain yogurt
- 3 medium bananas, mashed
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- ½ cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips (optional)
- 1 tablespoon chopped walnuts
- 1 tablespoon miniature semisweet chocolate chips (optional)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
- Mix all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, flax seed, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg in a bowl. Beat butter, brown sugar, and sucralose sweetener in another bowl until light and fluffy. Beat eggs, vanilla extract, and lemon juice into butter mixture until well combined.
- Stir flour mixture into butter mixture until smooth. Add yogurt, bananas, 1/2 cup walnuts, and 1/2 cup chocolate chips, stirring until batter is just blended. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle remaining 1 tablespoon walnuts and 1 tablespoon chocolate chips on top of batter.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 70 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
