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.


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Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hrs
Total Time: 1 hrs 25 mins
Additional Time: 10 mins
Servings: 10
Yield: 10 servings

Ingredients

Ingredients List

  • cooking spray

  • 2 cups spelt flour

  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

  • ½ teaspoon baking soda

  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt

  • 2 large eggs

  • ½ cup sour cream

  • ½ cup unsweetened applesauce

  • ½ cup pure maple syrup

  • 1 ¼ teaspoons vanilla extract

  • 4 ripe bananas

  • 1 cup chopped pecans (Optional)

  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped pecans, or more to taste (Optional)


Directions

  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.

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

  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.

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

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

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


Nutrition Facts (per serving)

Nutrition Facts
295 Calories
13g Fat
42g Carbs
7g Protein


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