Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
This lighter chocolate chip banana bread is the best, moist and dense banana bread. It's full of flavor and retains the moisture because of the addition of applesauce and Greek yogurt. This bread is vegan friendly by swapping the Greek yogurt for a dairy free yogurt, plant based butter, and vegan chocolate chips.
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter, melted
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- ½ cup Greek yogurt
- 3 ripe bananas
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 ½ cup wheat flour
- ½ cup chocolate chips (plus extra for topping)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Mash the banana with a fork or with a mixer.
- Mix in the butter, yogurt, applesauce, and vanilla extract.
- Add the sugar and continue to mix until it's well incorporated.
- Finally mix in the flour, salt, baking soda until a smooth batter is formed.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Line a loaf pan with parchment paper or grease generously. Pour batter into the pan.
- Spread evenly across and place in the oven.
- Bake for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out smooth. Glass pans seem to take a few extra minutes. It might have a slight amount of batter on the toothpick because the loaf is very moist.
- Serve when it's just warm to the touch.
Notes
To make this vegan sub out coconut oil or plant-based butter for the coconut oil and a non-dairy yogurt for the Greek yogurt.
Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 297kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 4gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 26mgSodium: 450mgPotassium: 170mgFiber: 2gSugar: 27gVitamin A: 326IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 29mgIron: 1mg
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