Healthy banana bread
Cuts into 10 slices
Easy
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Have your cake and eat it with this delightful low-fat, healthy banana loaf – perfect for breakfast and beyond
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Units:
- low-fat spreadfor the tin, plus extra to serve
- 140g wholemeal flour
- 100g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 300g mashed bananafrom overripe black bananas
- 4 tbsp agave syrup
- 3 large eggsbeaten with a fork
- 150ml yoghurt
- 25g chopped pecansor walnuts (optional)
Nutrition: per slice
- kcal145
- fat2glow
- saturates1g
- carbs24g
- sugars9g
- fibre3g
- protein6g
- salt0.6g
Method
step 1
Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Butter and line a 2lb loaf tin with baking parchment (allow it to come 2cm above top of tin).
step 2
Mix the flours, bicarb, baking powder and a pinch of salt in a large bowl.
step 3
Mix the bananas, syrup, eggs and yoghurt.
step 4
Quickly stir into the dry ingredients.
step 5
Gently scrape into the tin and scatter with nuts, if using. Bake for 1 hr 10 mins-1 hr 15 mins or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool in tin on a wire rack. Eat warm or at room temperature, with low-fat spread.
