Protein Banana Bread
Love banana bread, but wish it was a bit more nutritious for a breakfast or snack option? This recipe is it! It is made with a little boost of protein, but still tastes great and will help you power through the morning. Kids love it too.
Equipment
- 1 Mixer
- 2 medium sized bowls
- measuring utensils
- whisk
- spoon
Ingredients
- 3 bananas large bananas, peeled and ripe
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 3 eggs large eggs
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 1/2 cup greek yogurt, plain
- 1/2 cup protein powder of choice
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp sea salt or salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F. With mixer, mix the 'wet ingredients'-bananas, eggs, vanilla, yogurt and brown sugar.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the remaining 'dry ingredients'
- Turn mixer on low, slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
- Grease a 9x5 loaf pan. Add batter. Bake at 375 F for approximately 50 minutes, until tooth pick comes clean (45-55 minutes)
Notes
Notes:
Replace butter with equal amount of oil (vegetable, canola) if preferred.
Make sure bananas are good and ripe for the best flavor. If I have bananas going bad, I like to keep them in the freezer for banana bread making.
I used vanilla flavored protein powder, however you could use a different flavor for a little twist (caramel, peanut butter, etc).
This makes 10 large servings. It has approximately 318 calories and 10 grams of protein per serving. This will be different depending on brand of protein powder utilized. I used 1up protein powder.
FREEZER: slice this up and wrap individually in plastic wrap for quick on-the-go breakfast prep. OR freeze an entire loaf. Banana bread freezes really well.