Saturday, January 10, 2015

Greek Yoghurt Banana Bread

  
 INGREDIENTS
  • 115g butter, softened
  • 1 1/4 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup banana pulp mashed (about 3 ripe bananas)
  • 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup almond meal
For Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
  • Reduce sugar to 1 cup
  • Add 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
METHOD
  1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
  2. In a large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time and mix well. Add vanilla extract, banana pulp, and Greek yogurt, mixing well after each ingredient.
  3. In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt to combine.
  4. Gradually add flour to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined on low speed.
  5. Mix in almond meal until well combined.
  6. Pour batter evenly into lined loaf pan and bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.
For Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
  1. After the dry ingredients are added to the wet ingredients, fold in chocolate chips.
 
Adapted from: http://lovelylittlekitchen.com/greek-yogurt-banana-bread/