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Healthy Whole Wheat Banana Nut Bread

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By: Joanna Cismaru •11/14/22 6 Comments

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Healthy Whole Wheat Banana Nut Bread – at only 209 calories per slice, you can’t go wrong with this super healthy banana nut bread.

Two slices of Healthy Whole Wheat Banana Nut Bread on a plate with the loaf in the background

Happy New Year my friends!

To start off the new year right, I’m giving you a favorite recipe of mine, a healthy whole wheat banana nut bread, that most of us make often because we always have some extra ripe bananas on hand. I tweaked this recipe quite a bit to turn it into a very healthy and good for you banana bread. I made some wonderful substitutions and got rid of the oil and replaced it with apple sauce, replaced some of the white flour with whole wheat flour and cut down on the sugar from the usual one full cup of sugar in a loaf to only 1/2 cup of brown sugar.

Healthy Whole Wheat Banana Nut Bread loaf

This banana bread is so gorgeous, and so delicious. We don’t have to cut out the foods we love to eat healthier, we just have to make some smart substitutions. This wonderful bread is only 209 calories per slice, and if you want even less calories, leave out the pecans and you have a banana bread with under 150 calories per slice.

I’m sure most of us have made the same New Year’s resolution and that is to lose weight, eat healthier and exercise more. This banana bread will help you start right.

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Healthy Whole Wheat Banana Nut Bread

Prep 10 minutes
Cook 50 minutes
Total 1 hour
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Ingredients

  • 3 very ripe bananas (mashed)
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup applesauce
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
  • 1 tablespoon rolled oats (optional)
  • 1 tablespoon Turbinado sugar (optional)

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Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.
  • Grease a loaf pan and set aside. You can use cooking spray, or some coconut oil.
  • In a large bowl mix together whole wheat flour, all purpose flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and pecans. Set aside.
  • In another large bowl mash the bananas. Add eggs, vanilla extract, brown sugar and applesauce. Whisk everything together well. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and using a spatula mix everything until well incorporated.
  • Pour the mixture into the greased loaf pan and if preferred sprinkle with the rolled oats and Turbinado sugar.
  • Bake for 50 minutes, or until a toothpick is inserted and comes out clean.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 86servingCalories: 209kcal (10%)Carbohydrates: 31.4g (10%)Protein: 4.7g (9%)Fat: 7.9g (12%)Saturated Fat: 1g (6%)Cholesterol: 41mg (14%)Sodium: 317mg (14%)Fiber: 2.4g (10%)Sugar: 10.7g (12%)
© Author Jo

Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.

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Natercia
Natercia
Posted: 8 months ago

What can be used instead of applesauce or coconut oil?

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Joanna Cismaru
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Posted: 8 months ago

Vegetable oil.

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Claudia
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Posted: 3 years ago

Can you use oat flour instead of whole wheat flour? I just couldn’t find a small package. 5lb pkg is just to big and if so are there any changes to other ingredients.

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Nicole Beaulieu
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Posted: 3 years ago

Oat flour won’t give you the same consistency because it doesn’t have any gluten- you’ll get a much more dry and crumbly bread.

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melissa garland
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Posted: 9 years ago

how much coconut oil?

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Joanna Cismaru
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Posted: 9 years ago

Sorry, it was supposed to say applesauce, you can replace the applesauce with coconut oil, so 1/3 of a cup. I’ve made it before with both applesauce and coconut oil and it’s just as good either way.

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