Spelt-Banana Bread

If you are looking for a variation on banana bread, this recipe incorporating spelt flour for added nutrition, and both mashed and diced bananas for texture, is for you.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 295 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup chopped pecans (Optional)
• ½ cup sour cream
• 2 large eggs
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 ¼ teaspoons vanilla extract
• ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
• ½ cup pure maple syrup
• cooking spray
• 2 cups spelt flour
• 4 ripe bananas
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped pecans, or more to taste (Optional)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat an 8 1/2x4 1/2-inch loaf pan with cooking spray and set aside.

Step 2

Combine spelt flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium-sized bowl and set aside.

Step 3

Beat eggs in a large bowl until light yellow in color. Stir in sour cream, applesauce, maple syrup, and vanilla extract. Mash 2 bananas and add to the egg mixture. Dice remaining bananas and add to the bowl. Stir in 1 cup pecans. Pour flour mixture into the bowl with the egg-banana mixture and and stir just until flour is incorporated; do not over mix.

Step 4

Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan and sprinkle 2 tablespoons pecans on top.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, 60 to 65 minutes.

Step 6

Place pan on a rack to cool, about 10 minutes. Turn loaf out onto the rack to cool completely.