With the rich flavors of walnuts and flax seeds, this banana bread is moist, soft, and nourishing. A little bit sour
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 50 mins |
| Servings: | 20 |
| Yield: | 2 8×4-inch loaves |
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 cup flaxseed meal
- ¼ cup wheat germ
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅓ teaspoon sea salt
- 2 cups chopped walnuts
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups brown sugar
- ⅔ cup sunflower seed oil
- ⅓ cup roasted walnut oil
- ¼ cup plain yogurt
- 5 large ripe bananas, coarsely mashed, or more to taste
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Butter two 8×4-inch loaf pans.
- Whisk whole wheat flour, flaxseed meal, wheat germ, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together in a large bowl. Stir walnuts into dry ingredients.
- Beat eggs and brown sugar in a separate bowl with an electric mixer until thick and pale, about 3 minutes. Add sunflower seed oil, walnut oil, and yogurt; beat to combine. Stir in mashed bananas and vanilla extract.
- Pour egg mixture over dry ingredients and mix briefly, until just moistened. Divide batter between loaf pans.
- Bake loaves in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Remove pans from the oven and let sit 5 minutes, then remove loaves to cool on wire racks.
- Substitute turbinado sugar for the brown sugar if desired.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 380 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 43 g |
| Cholesterol | 37 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 5 g |
| Protein | 7 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 181 mg |
| Sugars | 26 g |
| Fat | 22 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
It was good and this is how i changed it (as one does!) to what I had on hand. I used organic all purpose flour. 1/2 cup avocado oil, 1 stick browned butter. reduced the temp to 300 as I used smaller glass bakeware (4) and I noticed they were browning after 20 min. They turned out good and they have some healthy ingredients. So i can feel good about that. would love to reduce the sugar content even know it didn’t taste overly sweet. Great way to use up the bananers. Would LOVE to submit a picture but website wont let me.