Easy Healthy Banana Bread Recipe

This healthy banana bread recipe is absolutely delicious. You can eat this fresh as is, toasted with a bit of butter or place it in a bowl and pour some cream on top!

No matter how you eat it you will love it! The best thing about this recipe is it’s easy to slice and freeze for another day! We enjoy it as a snack or sometimes as a breakfast treat.

Why You’ll Love This Banana Bread Recipe!

So many reasons why you will love this healthy banana bread recipe!

1. It’s pretty healthy! All the ingredients are wholefood ingredients.
2. There’s minimal added sugar. Other than bananas and honey there really isn’t a lot of extra added sugar. I do use rapadura sugar which is similar to brown sugar but has a lot more minerals and less processed.
3. Moist and melts in your mouth! This banana bread is deliciously moist and will melt in your mouth. It’s so flavourful and not dry at all!
4. Stores really well. You can easily store this on the counter in an airtight container for a few days, in the fridge for up to a week or store individually wrapped pieces in the freezer for several months!

Tips To Make The Best Banana Bread

1. Ripe Bananas: Ripe bananas blend easier but also are sweeter. They add a lot more flavourful when they are nice and very ripe!
2. Adding a bit more extra fat into your banana bread is what helps to keep it extra moist. For this recipe I added plain Greek yoghurt, but you can also add sour cream.
3. Let it cook for the full time! Banana bread can take up to an hour to bake but that means the top can go very brown. If the banana bread is looking a bit to brown just go ahead and cover it with aluminium foil and let it continue to finish baking.

Ingredients You Need!

1. 3 mashed bananas: Make sure they are nice and ripe for optimal flavour and sweetness.
2. 1/2 cup butter: This can be melted or room temperature butter. Room temperature can give your banana bread an even better consistency.
3. 1/2 cup plain yoghurt: I use Greek yoghurt because it’s a bit thicker and I want that little less moisture in my banana bread so it cooks faster.
4. 1/2 cup honey: Honey keeps it moist and adds some more natural sweetness.
5. 1/2 cup rapadura sugar: Or you can use brown or white sugar. I like the taste or rapadura which is similar to brown sugar but healthier for you.
6. 2 eggs: Eggs help bind everything together nicely.
7. 1 tbsp vanilla: Adds some extra flavour.
8. 1 1/2 cups of flour: I have been using white Khorasan flour because it is an ancient grain but you can use any white flour you like. I don’t really use whole meal flours because the final baked product tends to be denser.
9. 1 tsp cinnamon or allspice: Either of these adds a lovely flavour to the banana bread and smell.
10. 1 tsp baking soda: Helps your banana bread rise.
11. 1/2 tsp baking powder: Helps the banana bread to rise.
12. Pinch of salt: I personally use sea salt for the health benefits.

How To Make Banana Bread Step By Step

1. Preheat oven to 180c/355F
2. Mash your ripe bananas in a large bowl.
3. Add your wet ingredients to the large bowl with mashed banana. These include melted/ softened butter, yoghurt, honey, eggs and vanilla and mix well.
4. Add the sugar, salt and cinnamon and stir well.
5. Add the Flour to your bowl and continue to mix.
6. Add the baking soda and baking powder and give it another quick mix.

8. Butter or oil a bread pan and pour the banana bread mixture into it.

9. Place the bread pan into the preheated oven and allow to bake for 55 minutes until fully cooked in the middle.

10. If bread is browning too much cover, it with aluminium foil and allow it to finish baking so the centre cooks.

11. Let the banana bread rest on a cooling rack as it will keep cooking in the middle, then slice and serve!

How To Store

You can store this banana bread several different ways.

1. Store the banana bread in an airtight container on the counter away from direct sunlight for up to 3-5 days. This can depend on the season you are in. It doesn’t last as long on the counter on hot, humid days.
2. Store the banana bread in an airtight container in the fridge. Eat it cold or you can heat it up and serve with some butter. The banana bread normally lasts a solid week in the fridge this way.
3. You can pre slice your banana, cover each of the pieces in cling wrap and store in the freezer. That way you can take a piece out at a time when you feel like banana bread. Let it come to room temperature on the counter or place it in the fridge until it defrost.
   • The banana bread can last several months in the freezer.

Banana Bread Variations

You can change up your banana bread to make it fun and exciting. Here are some ideas!

1. Add chocolate chips to this mixture for some chocolaty goodness!
2. Pre chop some walnuts or almonds and mix into your banana bread for the extra crunch.
3. Add some cacao powder into your banana bread batter for a chocolate banana bread variety.
4. Add some frozen or fresh fruit like blueberries or raspberries for something different and fun.
5. Or making a delicious icing to go on top. Cream cheese icings are always delicious!