This recipe, which incorporates spelt flour for increased nutrition and both mashed and diced bananas for texture, is for you if you’re seeking for a variation on banana bread.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Additional Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 25 mins |
| Servings: | 10 |
| Yield: | 10 servings |
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 2 cups spelt flour
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup sour cream
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- ½ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 ¼ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 ripe bananas
- 1 cup chopped pecans (Optional)
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped pecans, or more to taste (Optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat an 8 1/2×4 1/2-inch loaf pan with cooking spray and set aside.
- Combine spelt flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium-sized bowl and set aside.
- Beat eggs in a large bowl until light yellow in color. Stir in sour cream, applesauce, maple syrup, and vanilla extract. Mash 2 bananas and add to the egg mixture. Dice remaining bananas and add to the bowl. Stir in 1 cup pecans. Pour flour mixture into the bowl with the egg-banana mixture and and stir just until flour is incorporated; do not over mix.
- Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan and sprinkle 2 tablespoons pecans on top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, 60 to 65 minutes.
- Place pan on a rack to cool, about 10 minutes. Turn loaf out onto the rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 295 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 42 g |
| Cholesterol | 42 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 7 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 231 mg |
| Sugars | 18 g |
| Fat | 13 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Thank you so much for this recipe! I had been looking for a banana bread recipe using a more nutritious flour ,(banana bread is one of my kids favorites!) I didn’t have applesauce so I substituted vanilla greek yogurt. It turned out so moist & yummy!