Healthy Banana Bread

Healthy Banana Bread is filled with good-for-you ingredients. This recipe uses everyday products and does not have any refined sugars or butter.

Have more overripe bananas? Try these Healthy Banana Muffins or Banana Pancakes next!

Healthy Banana Bread Recipe

We go through bananas so quickly at my home! My kids love them as snacks or cut up in their oatmeal, I freeze them to use in an Açaí Bowl or this Blueberry Smoothie, and my husband loves them in this Chocolate Protein Shake.

If we have any leftovers at the end of the week, my kids beg for a baked banana treat. They’ll usually request these Banana Cupcakes, but after I made this healthy banana bread a few weeks ago, they’ve consistently asked for it. Score! 

Ingredients In Healthy Banana Bread

• Coconut Oil: Moisturizes, binds, and adds a coconut hint.
• Honey: Naturally sweetens and moistens.
• Eggs: Bind and aid in rising.
• Mashed Bananas: Add signature flavor, sweetness, and moisture.
• Greek Yogurt: Provides creaminess and a slight tang, enhancing texture.
• Vanilla Extract: Boosts overall flavor with a warm aroma.
• Salt, Cinnamon, Baking Soda: Balance sweetness, add warmth, and promote fluffiness.
• Flour: Forms the bread’s main structure.

How To Make Healthy Banana Bread

1. Prep: Heat the oven, grease and flour a bread pan.
2. Wet Ingredients: Mix coconut oil and honey, then eggs, mashed bananas, Greek yogurt, and vanilla.
3. Dry Ingredients: Directly add salt, cinnamon, and baking soda to wet mix, then stir in flour and chocolate chips until just combined.
4. Bake: Pour into the pan and bake until done.
5. Cool: Let the healthy banana bread rest in the pan before turning it out to cool completely and then serve.

More Healthy Recipes

• Healthy Fruit Tart Recipe
• Greek yogurt Healthy Blueberry Muffins
• Banana Waffles
• Peanut Butter Protein Shake
• Healthy Zucchini Bread

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Healthy Banana Bread

By Chelsea Lords

Healthy Banana Bread is filled with good-for-you ingredients. This recipe uses everyday products and does not have any refined sugars or butter.

Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 50 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 12 slices

Ingredients 

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• ▢ 1/3 cup melted coconut oil
• ▢ 1/2 cup honey
• ▢ 2 large eggs
• ▢ 1 packed cup mashed very ripe bananas (~2 large bananas)
• ▢ 1/4 cup full-fat honey vanilla Greek yogurt (I recommend Greek Gods)
• ▢ 1 and 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ▢ 3/4 teaspoon fine salt
• ▢ 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ▢ 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ▢ 1 and 3/4 cups white, all-purpose flour
• ▢ 3/4 cup mini chocolate chips, optional
• ▢ 1 tablespoon old-fashioned oats, optional

Instructions 

• PREP: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Generously grease a 9x5-inch bread pan and lightly dust with flour. Tap off excess flour over the sink and set the prepared pan aside .
• WET INGREDIENTS: In a large bowl, whisk together the 1/3 cup coconut oil and 1/2 cup honey. Add in the 2 large eggs and whisk until smooth. In a separate bowl, mash the bananas with a fork until well mashed and broken down (Note 1). Pack mashed bananas into a 1-cup measuring cup and level the top. Add to the wet ingredients along with the 1/4 cup Greek yogurt, and 1 and 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract. Whisk until smooth and combined.
• DRY INGREDIENTS: On top of the wet ingredients, add the 3/4 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1 teaspoon baking soda. Stir. Add in the 1 and 3/4 cup flour and the 3/4 cup miniature chocolate chips (if using) right on top of the flour. With a wooden spoon, gently stir the chocolate chips to get coated with the flour and then mix the flour into the rest of the ingredients. Do not over-mix; stop as soon as the flour is fully incorporated.
• BAKE: Using a spatula, scrape all the batter into the prepared 9x5-inch pan. Bake in the fully preheated oven for 50-65 minutes or until very lightly browned on the edges and a toothpick comes out clean (or with few moist crumbs) from the center of the pan.
• COOL: Allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then invert onto a cooling rack. When fully cool, cut into slices and enjoy. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for 2-3 days. Enjoy slices warmed in the microwave for 10-15 seconds. Bread freezes and thaws well.

Recipe Notes

Note 1: Bananas: To quickly and thoroughly mash bananas, remove the peels, break into a few pieces, and then beat them in a stand mixer or with a hand mixer until well mashed.

Note 2: Sugar: While this recipe contains no added sugar, if you add chocolate chips to the batter, keep in mind that most commercial brands contain sugar.

Nutrition

Serving: 12slices | Calories: 139kcal | Carbohydrates: 16.6g | Protein: 1.3g | Fat: 6.8g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 117.9mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 14.5g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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