Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread
Try this healthy chocolate peanut butter banana bread that's soft, tender and not overly sweet. Using all natural feel-good ingredients, this is a wholesome treat that you'd want to make and enjoy. Yes!
Servings: 14
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 2 cup whole grain spelt flour (260 g)
- ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder (25 g)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
Buttermilk
- ½ cup full fat milk (125 ml), room temperature
- ½ tablespoon lemon juice
Wet Ingredients
- ½ cup natural peanut butter (140 g)
- ¼ cup honey (80 g)
- 1 cup mashed ripe banana (270 g) or from 3 bananas
- 2 large eggs , room temperature
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Other
- 1 ½ cup dark chocolate chips (150 g) or use whichever you like
- more peanut butter , for topping
Instructions
Dry Ingredients
- Add all ingredients into a bowl, mix well and set aside.
Buttermilk
- Add all ingredients into another bowl, leave for 10 minutes
Wet Ingredients
- Add all ingredients into buttermilk bowl and whisk everything together using a hand whisk.
- Now add in ½ of dry ingredients and mix well before adding the rest, try not to over mix. The batter will be quite thick, no worries. Finally add in chocolate chips and fold everything together using a spatula.
Baking
- Pour batter into a greased and lined 4.4x10 inch (11x25 cm) loaf pan. Spread evenly (shaking the pan helps). Spoon some peanut butter on top, making lines or swirls as you like.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 340ºF (170ºC), no fan, on lower ⅔ rack, with upper and lower heat, for 70 minutes or until you insert a skewer in the center and it comes out clean. Check at minute 50 to avoid over baking.
- Remove from the pan and leave to cool completely before slicing. Enjoy!
Notes
- Use spoon and level method when measuring the flour (for cup measurement)
- Use portable oven thermometer for a more precise temperature reading (I use it too)
- Refer to my post above for substitutions
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 237kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 8.1g | Fat: 9.4g | Sodium: 137.5mg | Potassium: 79.6mg | Fiber: 3.9g | Sugar: 13.7g
