• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Downton Abbey Cooks

Great food has a history

  • Blog
  • Gilded Age HBO
  • Occasion
    • Romantic Meals
    • Royal Dishes
    • Robert Burns Night
    • Valentines Day
    • Mothers Day
    • Shrove Tuesday
    • St. Patricks Day
    • Titanic Dishes
      • 1st Class
      • 2nd Class
      • 3rd Class
    • Easter
    • Guy Fawkes Day
    • Halloween
    • Thanksgiving
    • Christmas Dishes
    • Hogmanay
    • New Years Dinner
  • Meal
    • Luncheon
    • Afternoon Tea
      • Afternoon Tea Guides
      • Scones and Toppings
      • Savouries
      • Sweets
    • Cocktails
    • Picnic
    • Dinner
    • Garden Party
    • Upstairs or Down
      • Seen on Downton
      • Downstairs with Carson
      • Upstairs with the Crawleys
  • Seasonal
    • Spring
    • Summer
    • Fall
    • Winter
  • Dietary
    • Gluten Free
    • Keto
    • Low Fat
    • Vegetarian
  • Press
  • Contact
  • Terms
  • Media Kit
  • Shop
  • Show Search
Hide Search

Neverfail Healthy Banana Bread

downtonabbeycooks · July 11, 2018 ·

This is my go to banana bread recipe I make when our bananas start getting too ripe for our taste. To dress it up for tea I use chocolate or carob chips instead of walnuts and slice into finger lengths for the tea tray.

Never Fail Healthier Banana Bread

This is my go to banana bread recipe I make when our bananas start getting too ripe for our taste. To dress it up for tea I slice into finger lengths for the tea tray. Lord D loves nuts, chips and raisins in his bread.
5 from 3 votes
Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 1 hour hr
Total Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins
Course Afternoon Tea, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine English
Servings 1 loaf

Ingredients
  

  • 1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 3/4 cup sugar (or sugar substitute)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 3 ripe bananas, mashed
  • 1/2-1 cup walnuts (optional)
  • 1/2-1 cup raisins (optional)
  • 1/2 -1 cup mini chocolate chips (optional)
Get Recipe Ingredients

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.
  • Prepare 1 large bread pan
  • In one bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  • In another bowl combine sugar, applesauce and eggs. Beat vigorously until frothy.
  • Add mashed bananas to the wet ingredients and mix.
  • Fold wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.
  • Add walnuts and raisins or mini chocolate chips if desired.
  • Pour into the loaf pan and bake for 1 hour, until crust is brown. Use toothpick to test. This will also make 12 yummy muffins, which will take 35 minutes to bake.

Notes

If you aren't motivated to make banana bread as soon as the bananas ripen, peel, slice and put in a ziploc bag and toss in the freezer, marking the number of bananas.  When it thaws you really don't have to mash as it is nice and soft.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!


Filed Under: Afternoon Tea, Bread, Breakfast, Brunch, COVID Comfort Food, Downstairs with Carson, Fall, Snack, Sweets, Winter

Primary Sidebar

About me

I am Pamela Foster. Food historian. Wife. Downton and Gilded Age fan. Foodie.

Categories

logo
Food Advertisements by

SOCIAL MEDIA ICONS

Visit Us On TwitterVisit Us On FacebookVisit Us On PinterestCheck Our FeedVisit Us On YoutubeVisit Us On Google Plus

Downton Abbey 3: Sept. 25/2025

“It’s Time to Say Goodbye”

logo
Food Advertisements by

Download in Minutes

The Gilded Age Season 3: June 22

Get Your Groceries Delivered

Groceries Delivered

The Oil Sprayers Every Downton Kitchen Needs

Downton Abbey Cooks has been featured in

Footer

Shop for Kitchen Deals on Amazon

Copyright © 2025 · Daily Dish Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

Go to mobile version

Rate This Recipe

Your vote:




A rating is required
A name is required
An email is required