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Chocolate Banana Bread

Healthy Chocolate Banana Bread

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Chocolate Banana Bread This chocolate banana bread is the loaf I make when I want something that tastes like a treat but still feels good to eat every day. It is extra rich, deeply chocolatey, and wonderfully moist, and it comes together in one bowl with simple ingredients you probably already have on your counter.

  • Total Time: 40 min
  • Yield: 1 loaf 1x

Ingredients

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Main Ingredients
3 medium bananas, ripe (about 12 oz/360 g in total)
2 large eggs
1/4 cup nut butter, almond, peanut, cashew or sunflower seed butter
1/3 cup granular sweetener, monk fruit, or brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/6 tsp sea salt
1 1/2 cup oat flour, or preferred flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup chocolate chips

High protein option
1/2 cup protein powder, as a replacement for ½ cup (50 g) flour (see notes*)

Instructions

Main Instructions
1-Heat oven to 350°F (180°C) and fold: Heat oven to 350°F (180°C) and fold a 20 cm (7.9 inches) loaf pan with parchment paper or grease with oil.
2-In a large mixing bowl, mash three: In a large mixing bowl, mash three ripe bananas with a fork until completely smooth. Stir nut butter and eggs into the banana mixture.
3-Add the granular sweetener of choice, vanilla: Add the granular sweetener of choice, vanilla extract and salt. Stir the wet mixture with a whisk or fork for around two minutes, or until all is well combined.
4-Stir in oat flour (or oat flour: Stir in oat flour (or oat flour + protein powder), cocoa powder and baking powder. Give it a good stir until all is well combined, then fold through chocolate chips.
5-Pour the batter into your prepared loaf: Pour the batter into your prepared loaf pan, and if desired top with chocolate chips. Bake in hot oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of your chocolate banana bread comes out clean.
6-Remove from the oven and let cool: Remove from the oven and let cool in the loaf pan for about 15 minutes. Take out of the pan and let cool completely before slicing.

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Nutrition

  • Calories: 141 kcal
  • Fat: 6g
  • Carbohydrates: 27g
  • Protein: 5g