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A Healthy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Even Paula Deen Would Eat

Vivian Armitage
This article is written by a student writer from the Spoon University at Yale chapter.

Banana bread is usually either healthy or delicious, but this recipe is both. If you are skeptical about using healthy ingredients when baking, then this is the recipe for you. This banana bread is dense and moist even without butter, refined sugar or white flour.  

While chocolate chips are classic, you can add whatever mix-ins you want. Mini peanut butter cups, chocolate-coated caramels, cookie dough… Literally anything from the chocolate/candy section of Trader Joe’s would be incredible. The possibilities are endless.

Semi-Healthy Banana Bread
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Semi-Healthy Banana Bread

Difficulty:BeginnerCook time: 40 minutesTotal time: 40 minutesServings:8 servings

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°.

  2. banana bread step 1

    Pick out spotty, brown bananas.

  3. banana bread step 3

    Mash bananas until they resemble a puree.

  4. banana bread step 4

    Add applesauce, water and egg whites.

  5. banana bread step 5

    Add flour, baking soda and baking powder.

  6. banana bread step 6

    Add honey (can add more or less for desired sweetness).

  7. banana bread step 7

    Add cinnamon.

  8. banana bread step 8

    Add chocolate chips (or other mix-ins) and fold in evenly.

  9. banana bread step 9

    Pour batter into greased trays or into lined muffin tins (for banana bread muffins).

  10. Bake for 20-25 minutes.

  11. Allow to cool for 10 minutes before devouring. For best results, pair with a mug of hot chocolate.

Vivian Armitage

Yale '20

I am an avid baker, die-hard runner, and a lover of red nail polish. I hate milk in my coffee and sugar in my tea. I adore Ethiopian food and vegan pizza, but despise all fried fare. I love finding powerful quotes and listening to undefinable “good” music. The perfect Friday night would be spent sitting on a couch with friends, eating frozen mango, and chatting while “The Office” played in the background.