Banana Bread, that innocuous looking cake-masquerading-as-bread breakfast choice has eluded me for a while now. But when I saw this, it took me less than five minutes to assemble the required ingredients and a very short while later I had a wonderful banana bread that my family and I absolutely loved. And here’s the bonus- Its low fat and very healthy( flax seeds, almonds..and what have you…).
Go ahead, make some now…….
Eggless Choco-Nut Banana Bread
Ingredients: (yields one loaf in a 9 X 12 pan)
1. 2 cups whole wheat flour + 1 cup all purpose flour plus more for dusting
2. a pinch of salt
3. 2 teaspoons baking powder
4. 1/3 cup flaxseed powder
5. 1/3 cup + 1 cup milk
6. 1/4 cup oil
7. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
8. 1 cup sugar
9. 1 cup mashed banana, about 3-4 bananas depending on the size
10. 1/2 cup chopped semisweet chocolate
11. 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
12. 1 cups chopped almonds
Method
Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Lightly grease a 9 X 12 loaf pan.
First sift the flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder.
Take 1/3 cup of the milk and add the flaxseed powder to it.Keep it aside for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile in another bowl combine the oil, sugar, vanilla essence ,mashed banana, and the remaining milk.
Add the flaxseed powder-milk mix to this and stir to combine.
Add the flour mix to this wet ingredients and stir with a wooden spoon until just blended. Dont panic if its a sticky dough. Thats the way its supposed to be.Thrwo in the chocolate chips and the chopped(or powdered in my case) almonds. Fold it it.
Spoon the dough into the loaf pan and bake for about an hour to hour and a half or till the toothpick comes out clean .
Cool completely for about 15 minutes before turning the bread over. Slice only when completely cool or it will fall apart.
Mothers
/ December 8, 2010Delicious. I am thinking of adding my own little twist to it.
megha
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Aparna
/ July 24, 2010So this is the banana bread you liked. Certainly looks good. Can also see you had a wonderful holiday. Going to the North East is something I will do before I die! :D
And glad you liked those strawberry muffins.
Pearlin J
/ July 20, 2010Hi
.You have a very interesting blog.
will definitely try out this healthy version of Banana Bread .tfs :)
Veggie Belly
/ July 19, 2010love that you added chocolate to the regular banana but bread and also made it healthy!
Divya
/ July 19, 2010Yum..wish I could have a slice!!
Sukanya
/ July 15, 2010WOW…. Such a moist eggless bread… looks so good. Nice recipe… YUM!
SS
/ July 14, 2010Oh that quick bread looks great!
Malar Gandhi
/ July 13, 2010Looks really good, delicious one.
Valarmathi
/ July 13, 2010Lovely and yummy bread, looks delicious.
Jayasree
/ July 12, 2010Bread has come out well… It looks delicious.
Mallika
/ July 12, 2010Ur banana bread looks very good. I love banana breads and they are always a hit at my place!
Joanne
/ July 10, 2010I always love finding new banana bread variations and this one looks seriously tasty! I love the chocolate infusion!
nisha
/ July 10, 2010You have a lovely space . I’ll be back often
s
/ July 21, 2010Thanks nisha..
Priya
/ July 9, 2010Beautiful bread, wat a fabulous combo for a bread, feel like having some rite now;.
Apu
/ July 9, 2010Looks yummy!! Adore banana bread!!
Sayantani
/ July 9, 2010love these type of breads. will surely make it but will replace sugar with sugarfree powder.
Treat and Trick
/ July 9, 2010Great combo, looks healthy and delicious…
satya
/ July 9, 2010wow what an yummy n healthy bread…from last few weeks i wasplanning to make cake with wheat flour but never got the right recipe…thanks for sharing this dear
s
/ July 21, 2010U are welcome satya..
Soma
/ July 9, 2010Looks good! glad you liked it.
Deepa
/ July 9, 2010That’s a healthy banana bread..love it…
Danelle
/ July 9, 2010Looks good! I love that it has flaxseed in it.
Sommer @ A Spicy Perspective
/ July 9, 2010Gorgeous! I love the addition of the cocoa powder and flax seeds. It sounds marvelous!
s
/ July 21, 2010I know!!! I always look for ways to use flax seeds..
Priti
/ July 9, 2010Looks so gud and yum…
Pari
/ July 9, 2010Looks really good, an all time favorite.
Suma
/ July 9, 2010Hey, just switched on my computer to refer a banana bread recipe I had bookmarked and I see this in my mail box!! This looks seriously yumm!!! Hope mine turns out good too… very lil experience in baking breads…
s
/ July 21, 2010thanks suma…try it its super easy too
Paige
/ July 9, 2010This is so freaky…I was JUST thinking about what to do with the bananas in my fridge. I have all of this stuff so I’m going to make this. Thank you!
s
/ July 21, 2010These are yum and healthy Im sure u will love them Paige..