Nutty Banana Chocolate Chip Bread

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/4 cup milled flax seed
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granular sucralose sweetener (such as splenda®)
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/2 cup nonfat plain yogurt
• 3 medium bananas, mashed
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips (optional)
• 1 tablespoon chopped walnuts
• 1 tablespoon miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ready Time: 1 hr 25 mins


• preheat oven to 325 degrees f (165 degrees c). grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• mix all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, flax seed, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg in a bowl. beat butter, brown sugar, and sucralose sweetener in another bowl until light and fluffy. beat eggs, vanilla extract, and lemon juice into butter mixture until well combined.
• stir flour mixture into butter mixture until smooth. add yogurt, bananas, 1/2 cup walnuts, and 1/2 cup chocolate chips, stirring until batter is just blended. pour batter into prepared loaf pan. sprinkle remaining 1 tablespoon walnuts and 1 tablespoon chocolate chips on top of batter.
• bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 70 minutes. cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.