Description
Moist, tender, and nutritious banana bread with the rich flavors of walnuts and flax seeds. Not too sweet!
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 cup flaxseed meal
- ¼ cup wheat germ
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅓ teaspoon sea salt
- 2 cups chopped walnuts
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups brown sugar
- ⅔ cup sunflower seed oil
- ⅓ cup roasted walnut oil
- ¼ cup plain yogurt
- 5 large ripe bananas, coarsely mashed, or more to taste
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Butter two 8×4-inch loaf pans.
- Whisk whole wheat flour
- flaxseed meal
- wheat germ
- baking soda
- cinnamon
- and salt together in a large bowl. Stir walnuts into dry ingredients.
- Beat eggs and brown sugar in a separate bowl with an electric mixer until thick and pale
- about 3 minutes. Add sunflower seed oil
- walnut oil
- and yogurt; beat to combine. Stir in mashed bananas and vanilla extract.
- Pour egg mixture over dry ingredients and mix briefly
- until just moistened. Divide batter between loaf pans.
- Bake loaves in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean
- about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Remove pans from the oven and let sit 5 minutes
- then remove loaves to cool on wire racks.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins
Servings: 20