Banana Bread with Walnuts and Flaxseed
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Yield Makes 1 loaf
Serves 8
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus 1 teaspoon unsalted butter, softened, for pan
- 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup ground golden flaxseed (from about 2 tablespoons whole)
- 3/4 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 large egg, plus 1 large egg white
- 1/2 cup light-brown sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup mashed very ripe bananas (about 2 medium bananas)
- 1/2 cup walnuts (about 1 3/4 ounces), toasted and coarsely chopped
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan, and set aside. Whisk together the flours, flaxseed, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a medium bowl, and set aside.
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Put egg and egg white in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, and mix on medium-low speed until well combined, about 2 minutes. Add melted butter, sugar, vanilla, and bananas, and mix until combined. Add the reserved flour mixture, and mix on low speed until well incorporated, about 10 seconds. Stir in walnuts.
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Pour batter into buttered pan. Bake until golden brown and a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Let cool slightly in pan on a wire rack. Invert bread to unmold; reinvert, and let cool completely on rack.
This was a really delicious recipe and healthy to boot. I actually made them into muffins instead - cooked for about 20-25 minutes. Yum, will definitely be trying these again.
Fantastic recipe! I have made this bread twice now and both times it came out perfect. I'm adding chocolate chips to my next loaf :-), and also using slightly less sugar.
Delicious! Really easy to make. I added a little bit of nutmeg (1/2 tsp) and cloves (1/8 tsp) for a little extra spice.
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A good, healthy banana bread! Toasted pecans instead of walnuts also work well.
I was a little leary of a banana bread with only 2 T butter in it but this is very good! I guess the ground flaxseed does the trick. I used VERY ripe bananas and dark brown sugar because that is what I had on hand. I'm so glad I tried it, and I will make it again. I did add some cinnamon but otherwise followed the recipe as written.
Instead of 1/2 cup of walnuts I added 1/2 cup of ground toasted almonds to the batter. This is a great recipe;; I totally recommend it. It was easy to make and produced a light breakfast or snack bread.
Not the typical heavy, dense banana bread. This recipe makes a lighter and less sweet bread. I used 3 very ripe bananas. Great toasted.