Healthy Banana Bread

10 standard portions

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Ingredients

• Butter (for greasing the loaf tin)
• 200 g Whole wheat flour
• 0.5 tablespoons Ground cinnamon
• 1 tbsp Baking powder
• 100 g Walnuts (roughly chopped)
• 0.5 tsp Baking soda
• 3 Bananas (mashed)
• 1 Banana (halved lengthways)
• 3 tablespoons Maple syrup
• 2 Eggs
• 5 tablespoons 0% fat Greek yogurt
• 100 ml Skimmed milk
• 50 g Dark chocolate chips

Method

1. Preheat your oven to 180°C/160°C(fan)/350°F/Gas Mark 4.
2. Put 3 Bananas a bowl and mash until smooth.
3. In a bowl or mixer, add the mashed banana, 3 tbsp Maple syrup, 2 Eggs, 5 tbsp 0% Greek yogurt and 100 ml Skimmed milk and whisk until mixed together well.
4. Add 200 g Whole wheat flour, 0.5 tbsp Ground cinnamon, 1 tbsp Baking powder and 0.5 tsp Baking soda and mix well.
5. Add 100 g Walnuts and 50 g Dark Chocolate Chips and pulse until lightly mixed together.
6. Grease a 2lb loaf tin with a little Butter. Pour the batter into the tin.
7. Top with 1 Banana (halved).
8. Put the loaf into the oven and bake for 50-60 minutes.
9. Leave to cool in the tin for 10-15 minutes. Remove from the tin and cool on a wire rack for 1 hour.