High-Protein Health Nut Banana Bread

By rebecca78

It's not your grandmother's banana bread. No, it's filled with yogurt, protein powder, flax seed, whole wheat flour and peanut butter for a hearty dose of protein and fiber. And with only a 1/2 cup of sugar in the entire loaf, it has a mildly sweet flavor that won't weigh you down.

Ingredients

• 3 medium ripe bananas, mashed
• 5 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/3 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt (I use Dannon Light and Fit)
• 35-40 grams vanilla-flavored protein powder
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cub brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup ground flax meal
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons milk

Details

Servings 8
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 70mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9x5-inch loaf pan with aluminum foil; set aside.

In a large bowl, beat together the bananas, butter, yogurt, protein powder, sugar, brown sugar and eggs. Beat until well combined. Add in baking soda, salt vanilla extract, cinnamon and flax meal. Stir until combined.

Beat in flours until just combined. Reserve 1/2 cup of the batter. Transfer remaining batter to loaf pan. Stir peanut butter and milk into the reserved batter and stir until combined. Spread peanut butter batter atop batter in loaf pan. Run a knife through to evenly distribute peanut butter batter layer.

Bake for 50 minutes, until golden brown on the surface. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.