Whole Recipe : Honey-Spice Whole Wheat Banana Bread

This banana bread is bursting with bananas, perfectly moist, and has the ideal sweetness. It's the best banana bread I have ever tasted, and it's healthy!

Ingredients

• 1 ¼ cups walnuts
• 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¾ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 ½ cups mashed overripe bananas, or more to taste
• ½ cup raw honey
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• ¼ cup plain yogurt
• ¼ cup coconut oil, melted and cooled
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spread walnuts onto a baking sheet.
2. Toast in preheated oven until nuts start to turn golden brown and become fragrant, 10 to 15 minutes. Coarsely chop walnuts.
3. Place walnuts in a large bowl. Add whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg; mix until combined.
4. Mix mashed bananas, honey, eggs, yogurt, coconut oil, butter, and vanilla extract together in another large bowl. Add banana mixture to flour mixture, mixing with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until batter is just blended.
5. Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan. Pour batter into prepared pan.
6. Bake in the preheated oven until edges and top are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories292.6
• carbohydrateContent35.3 g
• cholesterolContent36.4 mg
• fatContent16 g
• fiberContent3.7 g
• proteinContent6.2 g
• saturatedFatContent6.3 g
• sodiumContent206.4 mg
• sugarContent15.9 g