Whole Wheat Banana Bread

It is really tiring for the people who are on a weight loss diet, to constantly look out for recipes that are not only healthy and low on carbohydrates, but delicious too. A low carb diet offers a healthy combination of simple and complex carbohydrates. Whole grains and fruits provide lots of fiber which is required for overall health. Wheat bread is highly nutritious and banana is an easily available common fruit. Banana contains 467 mg of potassium and only 1 mg of sodium. It is a good source of potassium and it helps lower blood pressure. This fiber rich healthy banana bread is good for children as well as elders. Here are some easy banana bread recipes.

Whole Wheat Banana Bread Recipe

Ingredients

• Whole wheat flour 2 cups
• Ripe bananas 3 medium size
• Unsalted butter ½ cup
• Eggs 2
• Baking soda ½ teaspoon
• Baking powder 1 teaspoon
• Sugar 1 cup
• Salt ½ teaspoon
• Sour cream ½ cup
• Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon

Procedure

• Sieve the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt together.
• In a large bowl, beat eggs, one at a time, and gradually add cream, butter and sugar. Mix well with an electric mixer.
• Peel the bananas and cut them into pieces. Mash the bananas.
• Take 1 cup of mashed bananas and add sour cream and stir well until it is perfectly blended.
• Add the vanilla extract and mix well.
• Gradually add the dry flour and the banana mix to the butter mix, stirring well after each addition.
• Pour the whole wheat bread batter into the greased loaf pan.
• Bake in a preheated oven to 325 degrees F.
• If a bread knife inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean, then be sure that the delicious whole wheat banana bread is ready.

With Applesauce

Ingredients

• ⅓ cup apple sauce ( If you add oil instead of apple sauce, the bread will be more moist. But the apple sauce makes it low fat and the flavor is good.)
• 1 ¾ cup whole wheat flour
• 1 cup mashed ripe bananas
• 2 Eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ cup honey
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup hot water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup chopped walnuts

Procedure

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Beat honey and apple sauce together in a big bowl.
• Beat the eggs and mix them in honey and sauce.
• Stir in mashed bananas and vanilla.
• Add wheat flour and salt gradually and mix well.
• Add baking soda to hot water. Mix well and then add to the batter.
• Add finely chopped nuts, blend in.
• Pour the batter into the greased loaf pan.
• Bake for 55 to 60 minutes. You may cool on wire rack for ½ hour before slicing.

This honey-sweetened whole wheat banana bread with some nuts and a splash of vanilla to heighten the rich fruitiness, is really yummy.

Muffins

Once you know how to make banana bread, it is very easy to make muffins. You can put the above batter in a 12 muffin pan and it would make great muffins. Here is another recipe for you.

Ingredients

• ½ cup unsweetened apple sauce
• 2 cup whole wheat flour
• 3 mashed ripe bananas
• 2 Eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup frozen sliced strawberries
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¾ cup packed brown sugar

Procedure

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Grease 12 large muffin cups or you can also line them with paper liners.
• Beat the eggs.
• Add apple sauce, oil, brown sugar, vanilla and bananas to the eggs in the big bowl gradually. Whisk together.
• Mix the flour and baking soda and cinnamon powder well. Stir into the already prepared banana mixture.
• Add the strawberries and mix them evenly in the batter.
• Slowly pour or spoon the batter into muffin cups until completely filled.
• Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven. When ready, the tops of the muffins spring back when pressed lightly. The color should be golden brown.
• Leave the muffins for cooling before removing from the muffin tins.

I am sure, this weekend, the aroma from your kitchen is going to drive your family crazy. I hope you love the above bread recipes.