Whole Wheat Date Walnut Banana Bread Recipes

WHOLE WHEAT BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, beat oil and honey together. Add eggs, and mix well. Stir in bananas and vanilla. Stir in flour and salt. Add baking soda to hot water, stir to mix, and then add to batter. Blend in chopped nuts. Spread batter into prepared pan.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Cool on wire rack for 1/2 hour before slicing.

BANANA, DATE AND WALNUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray 12-cup muffin pan with no-stick cooking spray; set aside.
• Combine flour, sugar, rolled oats, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon and in large bowl; set aside.
• Combine eggs, yogurt, melted Becel® Plant-Based Bricks, vanilla, and bananas in medium bowl.
• Stir banana mixture into flour, then stir in the walnuts and dates. Evenly spoon batter into prepared pan.
• Bake 20 minutes or until muffins are golden, and a toothpick inserted comes out cleaned. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then take it out of pan and cool completely.

WHOLE WHEAT BANANA WALNUT BREAD WITH COCONUT OIL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325. Grease a 9x5x3 loaf pan and dust with flour.
• Mix the dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl.
• Mash up the bananas in a large bowl.
• Add and mix the wet ingredients together with the bananas.
• Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients bowl and stir together.
• Add 1/2 cup walnuts into the mix.
• Pour into prepared loaf pan.
• Top with remaining walnuts.
• Bake for 45-60 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.

WHOLE-WHEAT DATE NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly coat a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with oil. In a medium bowl, pour hot water over dates and let stand until slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Whisk in oil, egg, and vanilla. In another bowl, stir together flours, baking soda, salt, pecans, and brown sugar. Fold egg mixture into flour mixture until just combined. Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth the top with a spatula.
• Bake, rotating pan halfway through, until a tester inserted in center of loaf comes out clean, about 65 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack, 20 minutes, then turn out bread and let cool completely. Wrap in parchment if giving as a gift, or slice and spread with Neufchatel and serve. (Loaf can be tightly wrapped and stored at room temperature up to 3 days.)

WHOLE WHEAT DATE WALNUT BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Bake @ 350' for 60 minute
• In medium bowl pour boiling water and baking soda over dates, stir well, Reserve 1/4 cup liquid, allow mixture to cool.
• Stir eggs into cooled date mixture.
• In large bowl combine brown sugar and oil, sift in whole wheat flour, salt and baking powder;, mix throughly.
• Add bananas blended with reserved date water, then add date egg mixture, vanilla, banana flavorings and walnuts. Mix well.
• Pour into 2 well buttered loaf pans (4 1/2"x8 1/2").
• Bake 60 minutes @ 350' or til tooth pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool before cutting.