Nutty Banana Chocolate Chip Bread

This tasty recipe is deliciously moist and sweet while still including plenty of whole grains and healthy ingredients.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Calories: 348 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ¾ cup unbleached all-purpose flour
• ½ cup nonfat plain yogurt
• ¾ cup whole wheat flour
• 1 tablespoon chopped walnuts
• ½ cup granular sucralose sweetener (such as Splenda®)
• ½ cup butter, at room temperature
• 3 medium bananas, mashed
• ¼ cup milled flax seed
• ½ cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips (Optional)
• 1 tablespoon miniature semisweet chocolate chips (Optional)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.

Step 2

Mix all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, flax seed, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg in a bowl. Beat butter, brown sugar, and sucralose sweetener in another bowl until light and fluffy. Beat eggs, vanilla extract, and lemon juice into butter mixture until well combined.

Step 3

Stir flour mixture into butter mixture until smooth. Add yogurt, bananas, 1/2 cup walnuts, and 1/2 cup chocolate chips, stirring until batter is just blended. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle remaining 1 tablespoon walnuts and 1 tablespoon chocolate chips on top of batter.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 70 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.