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!
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 14 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 cup whole grain spelt flour ((260 g))
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder ((25 g))
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup full fat milk ((125 ml), room temperature)
- 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 cup natural peanut butter ((140 g))
- 1/4 cup honey ((80 g))
- 1 cup mashed ripe banana ((270 g) or from 3 bananas)
- 2 large eggs (, room temperature)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips ((150 g) or use whichever you like)
- more peanut butter (, for topping)
Instructions
- 1
Add all ingredients into a bowl, mix well and set aside.
- 2
Add all ingredients into another bowl, leave for 10 minutes
- 3
Add all ingredients into buttermilk bowl and whisk everything together using a hand whisk.
- 4
Now add in 1/2 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.
- 5
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.
- 6
Bake in a preheated oven at 340ºF (170ºC), no fan, on lower 2/3 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.
- 7
Remove from the pan and leave to cool completely before slicing. Enjoy!