Banana-Nut Bread (Whole Wheat)

Category: Baking
Preparation Time: 15 mins 
Cooking Time: 50-60 mins
Servings: yields 1 loaf

Banana Nut Bread

Ingredients:
Dry Ingredients:

• Whole Wheat flour (Atta) - 1 1/2 cups
• Baking soda - 1 tsp
• Cocoa powder - 1 tbsp
• Cinnamon powder - 1/2 tsp
• Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - 1/2 tsp

Wet Ingredients:

• Ripe Bananas-  4 nos (Long yellow variety)*
• Eggs - 2 nos
• Sugar - 3/4 cup **
• Cooking Oil - 1/2 cup (I used Olive Oil)
• Curd / Yogurt- 1/4 cup
• Vanilla extract -1 tsp

Other Ingredients: 

• Walnuts, chopped - 1 cup

*Bananas should be very well ripen for Banana Breads

**Since we are using over ripe bananas, the sweetness was more so I used just 3/4 cup of sugar, if we want on sweeter side, we can increase it to 1 cup

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F degrees and grease / line the loaf pan; keep it ready. Here I used 9x5 inches Loaf pan
2. In a sieve, add the wheat flour, Baking soda, Cinnamon powder, Cardamom powder, Cocoa powder and salt
   
3. Sieve the dry ingredients into a wide plate/bowl
   
4. In another bowl, mash the bananas well and keep it aside
   
5. In a mixing bowl, add the eggs and sugar, beat well for around 4-5 mins until it become light and fluffy
   
   
   
   
6. Slowly drizzle the oil into the egg mixture and continue to beat until all the oil is added and gets well combined
7. Add the curd and vanilla extract, beat until mixed
   
8. Add the dry four mixture into it and gently mix so that it gets combined
   
9. Add in the mashed banana and gently mix
   
10. Now fold in the chopped walnuts and give a gentle mix
    
11. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan
    
12. Bake the bread for 50-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean
    
13. Remove the bread from the oven and allow it to cool for 10 minutes before turning it out of the pan onto a rack to cool completely
    
14. Once it gets warm, slice it and serve!
    
15. We can also prepare muffins with this recipe:)