Description
Enjoy classic walnut banana bread featuring Omega-3 rich ingredients like flax seed, canola oil, and walnuts!
Ingredients
- 1 cup raisins
- 3 tablespoons flax seeds
- 2 each medium-size ripe bananas, mashed
- 1 egg
- ⅓ cup canola oil
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup vanilla yogurt
- 1 ½ cups white flour
- ½ cup white whole wheat flour
- ½ cup oat bran
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F degrees. Grease one 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan and set aside.
- Soak raisins in 1 cup water for 10-15 minutes until raisins are plumped. Meanwhile
- grind flax seed in a coffee or herb grinder until powdery. Drain raisins
- reserving liquid. Mix this liquid into flax seed powder
- stir until mixture thickens slightly.
- In a medium mixing bowl
- mix mashed bananas and flax seed mixture. Let sit.
- In a separate bowl
- beat egg with canola oil. Add sugars
- beat until smooth. Add vanilla yogurt. Set aside.
- In a third bowl
- sift together flours
- oat bran
- baking powder
- baking soda
- salt
- and cinnamon. Add alternately banana mixture and egg mixture
- stirring until batter is just mixed. Gently fold in raisins and walnuts.
- Spoon batter evenly into bread pan. Bake for 45 minutes then tent lightly with foil. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes more or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins
Servings: 12