Looking for a simple coconut banana bread recipe? This healthy banana bread is the perfect combination of delicious banana bread and chocolate chips. Easy to make and tastes amazing, you are going to love this coconut bread recipe.
Ingredients
5bananas
½cupunsweetened applesauce or ½ cup non-fat vanilla Greek yogurt
2cupsflourI used 1 cup white and 1 cup wheat
1½tspbaking soda
½tspsalt
3½Tbsplight butter
¾cuplight brown sugar
4egg whites
½cupmini chocolate chips
½cupcoconut flakes
1tspcoconut extractoptional
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Spray 2 loaf pans (8x4.5 inch or 8x5 inch) with nonstick cooking spray.
In a medium size bowl, mash bananas with a fork.
In a separate medium size bowl, add flour, salt and baking soda. Use a wire whisk to mix dry ingredients together.
Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, cream (beat ingredients together at a high speed) butter and brown sugar together.
Add mashed bananas, egg whites, applesauce or yogurt and coconut extract (if using). Mix on low for 30 seconds to 1 minute.
Next, add in dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix on low speed. (It's very important not to over mix).
Next, fold in mini chocolate chips and coconut flakes.
Pour banana bread batter evenly into the loaf pans.
Bake banana bread loaves in oven for 40-45 minutes until the edges are golden brown and knife inserted in center comes out clean.
Notes
WWP+: 5*Optional ingredients not included in nutrition calculation.