Healthy Banana Nut Bread. Here's a super yummy, healthy, and easy banana nut bread recipe. This moist banana bread has just the right amount of walnuts, and makes a great breakfast or healthy snack. Plus it contains no added sweeteners!
I am also going to try and use a little bit less sugar. I also used a unbleached white/multi-grain flour which I purchased at Costco. This recipe was adapted from another recipe on Recipezaar to be healthier. You can have Healthy Banana Nut Bread using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Healthy Banana Nut Bread
- It's 4 each of large eggs.
- You need 3 tsp of vanilla extract.
- You need 3 cup of White granulated sugar.
- Prepare 1 cup of chopped pecans.
- It's 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts.
- You need 2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
- Prepare 2 tsp of baking soda.
- You need 2 cup of blended oats.
- You need 2 1/2 cup of natural applesauce.
- Prepare 2 1/2 cup of All purpose flour.
- You need 1 tsp of table salt.
- You need 6 each of bananas.
Looking for a banana bread recipe that has a little crunch? This delicious banana nut bread is made healthier using greek yogurt, white whole wheat flour, and just enough sugar to maintain the integrity of a good banana bread recipe. This healthy banana nut bread recipe uses about half the sugar and butter than most recipes. The applesauce replaces the usual oil, and egg whites have fewer calories than whole eggs.
Healthy Banana Nut Bread step by step
- preheat oven to 350°F.
- beat eggs in large mixing bowl.
- add other liquid ingredients (vanilla and applesauce) and mix well.
- add bananas after you have peeled and mashed them.
- add everything one at a time mix as you go....
- pour into 4 greased loaf pans or make 48 muffins by filling muffin cups only 2/3 full... loaves will take about 45 min to an hour and muffins take about 25 min....
- poke middle with toothpick to test and see if their are done....
Tips and Variations for this Banana Bread recipe: Swap the walnuts for any nut you like or omit them entirely. I love love love all things banana, which becomes quite obvious when you take a look at all the banana recipes I've posted here on Simple Nourished Living. I especially love banana nut bread and have tried dozens of different. I loved this rich and healthy banana bread. I used a little more banana and replaced the oil with applesauce, making it a little more healthy.