Healthy Blueberry Banana Bread Recipe
Ingredients
- olive or canola oil spray
- 4 ripe bananas, peeled
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup reduced-fat milk
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup self-raising flour
- 1 cup wholemeal self-raising flour
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 cup frozen blueberries
Method
- Preheat oven to 220ºC (200ºC fan forced). Spray a 20 x 10cm loaf tin with oil; line base and sides with non-stick baking paper.
- Reserve one whole banana for presentation and mash remaining 3 bananas in a large bowl (1½ cups mashed).
- Add sugar, milk and eggs and mix with a fork until well combined.
- Sift flours and cinnamon on top of banana mixture, returning husks from the sieve to the bowl. Mix ingredients together until just combined, taking care not to over-mix, then gently fold through blueberries.
- Spoon mixture into prepared loaf tin and smooth the surface. Slice remaining banana thinly and overlap slices through the centre of the loaf.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes then cover with foil and bake for a further 20 minutes. Centre of loaf will remain moist but not wet when tested with a skewer. Allow to cool in tin for 5 minutes then turn onto a wire rack.
- Cut into 1 cm slices and toast before serving, if desired.
Replace blueberries with raspberries or dried fruit such as figs, cranberries, currants, sultanas, apricots or chopped dates. Substitute a grated apple or pear for one of the mashed bananas to vary the flavour.
Once completely cooled, place in an airtight container and keep for up to 3 days. Slice and freeze individual pieces in snap lock bags and keep for up to 3 months.
Healthy tip!
Simple switch idea: try reduced-fat milk, cheese and yoghurt.
Nutrition Information
| per serving | per 100g | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 937 kJ | 729 kJ |
| 224 Cal | 174 Cal | |
| Protein | 6 g | 5 g |
| Fat, total | 3 g | 2 g |
| — saturated | 0.7 g | 0.5 g |
| Carbohydrate | 42 g | 32 g |
| — sugars | 18 g | 14 g |
| Sodium | 228 mg | 177 mg |
| Fibre | 4 g | 3 g |
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Comments (20)
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Quick and easy! I only had one banana so used that with two grated pears and raspberries. Beautiful and moist. Will definitely make again.
Jo Kearney
Posted on: 13 May 15 -
Easy one dish recipe that is delicious. I left out the sugar and it was still plenty sweet enough from the banana's.
Anonymous
Posted on: 22 Aug 14 -
I used a mix of frozen (thawed!) and fresh bananas. Didn't have blueberries so used frozen raspberries which I thawed quickly in the microwave before mixing into the batter. Delicious and devoured by all. Time to make another one!
Mias Mum
Posted on: 31 Mar 14 -
Easy enough for our 11 yr old to make, perfect quick breakfast. He's making another loaf tonight to freeze.
Anonymous
Posted on: 03 Feb 14 -
I like it best with raspberries, warm out of the oven
Anne Finch
Posted on: 18 Dec 13
