Greek Yogurt Banana Bread
This Greek Yogurt Banana Bread recipe is moist and sweet, and creamy. A perfect balance of ripe bananas, creamy yogurt, and vanilla. Made even sweeter with a dash of chocolate chips.
Servings: 16 servings
Calories: 183kcal
Ingredients
- 3 bananas mashed (*see note)
- 1/4 cup plain fat-free Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9" x5" bread or loaf pan. Set aside.
- In a large bowl or stand mixer, combine the mashed banana, Greek yogurt, applesauce, and sugar. Then mix in the vanilla and eggs.
- Add flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon; mix until just combined. That means, mix only until there are no streaks of flour remaining. Fold in the chocolate chips (if using). Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 55-65 minutes, or until the top is golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean. Allow the bread to cool completely before removing from the pan and slicing. Store in an air-tight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
Notes
Bananas:
This bread has a slightly reduced amount of sugar. Be sure to use very ripe banana to sweeten it up.Substitutions:
Applesauce: You can swap the applesauce for 1/2 cup of cooking oil. It will be moist and delicious, but a little higher in calories. Chocolate Chips: To make the bread even healthier, you can forgo the chocolate chips. But sometimes -- a girl just needs a bit of chocolate -- that's why I kept it in the recipe. Sugar: If you like banana bread a bit on the sweet side, increase the sugar to 1 cup, which is a common amount.Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 183kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 166mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 19g