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    Home > Recipes > Baked Goods

    Naturally Sweetened Moist Banana Bread

    Published: Feb 9, 2021 · Modified: Aug 4, 2022 by Garden to Griddle · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

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    Moist and sweetened with brown bananas and maple syrup, this banana bread is perfect for kids and adults and a little bit more guilt free without white sugar!

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    This banana bread is moist and sweet with so much banana flavor! This is no dry and crumbly banana bread and tastes great warm or cold.

    I don’t use an electric/stand mixer and for this recipe I like to use my hands. I soften the butter but I still have to break it apart some with my fingers. The reason that I love using my hands is that it stays a bit chunky with slightly larger banana pieces still intact instead of a completely smooth mixture.

    Feel free to add raisins or nuts as you wish. I prefer this as a straight forward banana bread.

    Flour: The combination of white and wheat flour gives this a perfect blend of texture and fluffiness.

    Greek Yogurt: The yogurt helps to add just enough extra moisture and adds protein at the same time.

    Maple Syrup: No white sugar in this recipe which also means no brown sugar. I have added the alternative option to add brown sugar in place of maple syrup in the ingredients if you wish. Adding maple syrup adds another liquid to the mixture, again keeping this a moist bread while adding a lot of sweetness. If you don’t like sweet banana bread you can decrease the maple syrup down to 1 or 2 tablespoons.

    Brown Bananas: If you use yellow ripe bananas the texture, color, and sweetness will all change. Using brown bananas adds more moisture, a lot more sweetness, and gives it more of a brown color rather than light golden which I much rather prefer. Put those browning bananas in the fridge or freeze until ready to use. If freezing, bring them out of the fridge about 20 minutes before using to soften, or run them under hot water for about 10 seconds.

    Toddler Friendly: Most kids will gobble up sweet breads and this is a perfect recipe for toddlers and kids because there isn’t any white sugar.

    I’ve been on a kick of using my toaster oven, mostly because it’s the middle of summer. I’ve found that the oven temperature stays the same between conventional and convectional, however it will darken a bit quicker in the toaster oven. To retain moisture and avoid it darkening before it cooks in the middle, cover in tinfoil, then uncover as stated in the instructions.

    Yields 1 loaf.

    Products That I Used to Make This Recipe

    • UpGood Silicone Spatula Set, 600F, 4 Versatile Tools Created for Cooking, Baking and Mixing, Grey

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    Naturally Sweetened Moist Banana Bread

    Moist and sweetened with brown bananas and maple syrup, this banana bread is perfect for kids and adults and a little bit more guilt free without white sugar!
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 1 hour hr
    Total Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins
    Course Baked Goods, Breakfast, Toddler and Kid Friendly
    Cuisine American, Banana, Refined-Sugar Free
    Servings 1 loaf

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 cups whole wheat flour
    • 1 cups white flour
    • ½ teaspoon baking soda
    • ½ teaspoon baking powder
    • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
    • 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • ½ teaspoon nutmeg
    • ½ cups unsalted butter 1 stick
    • 3 tablespoon maple syrup
    • 2 large eggs
    • 2 ½ cups mashed brown banana about 4 bananas
    • 3 tablespoon plain full fat Greek yogurt

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven to 350℉.
    • In a mixing bowl combine dry ingredients.
    • Add wet ingredients. Combine using a fork or your fingers.
    • Spray bread pan with oil lightly and pour in batter. Conventional oven: Bake on middle rack in oven for 60-65 minutes uncovered. Convection/toaster oven: Bake on lower rack and cover with tinfoil for about 40 minutes. Uncover for another 20 minutes. Leave in toaster oven once off for a little while before sitting out to cool.
    Keyword banana bread, banana bread no white sugar, banana bread with maple syrup, best banana bread

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