Blueberry Banana Bread – Chocolate Coated Katie

This smooth, moist, and scrumptious blueberry banana bread recipe is bursting with candy and juicy blueberries in every unbelievable chunk!

Wholesome blueberry banana bread

There’s simply one thing in regards to the taste mixture of ripe summer time blueberries and caramelized banana that makes this blueberry banana loaf utterly irresistible.

Serve it for breakfast, brunch, or a wholesome snack.

And don’t be stunned should you obtain a number of requests for the recipe!

Leftover slices freeze nicely too, which suggests you may take pleasure in this glorious consolation meals fast bread any time you’re craving home made banana bread.

Additionally make this Chocolate Banana Bread

Blueberry banana loaf recipe video

Watch the step-by-step recipe video, above

The video offers you an important visible of the right way to make the home made blueberry banana bread, in case you’re a visible learner like I’m and would favor to see all of the steps.

For a low carb model, do this Keto Blueberry Bread

Substances for the perfect blueberry banana bread

Right here’s all the things you must make the straightforward recipe:

Mashed bananas, blueberries, water, pure vanilla extract, liquid sweetener of alternative, flour and non-compulsory protein powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt, an non-compulsory pinch of floor cardamom, and non-compulsory oil or almond butter.

Chances are you’ll select both recent blueberries or absolutely thawed frozen blueberries.

Be sure you use ripe bananas. The pores and skin must be at the very least partially brown and noticed earlier than peeling. This may guarantee your closing product has a caramelized taste as an alternative of an earthy banana one.

If desired, you may substitute plain or Greek yogurt, applesauce, or bitter cream for as much as half a cup of the mashed banana.

Any all function liquid sweetener will work, together with pure maple syrup, honey, or agave. If you happen to want to use granulated sugar, do this Vegan Banana Bread.

Flour choices that work nicely embody all function white flour, spelt flour (my private favourite), and a few manufacturers of gluten free flour.

For blueberry banana oatmeal bread, use oat flour.

I can’t vouch for the recipe made with pastry flour, complete wheat flour, or almond flour. Substituting coconut flour will yield dry outcomes.

The cardamom provides a stunning taste should you select to incorporate it. Half a teaspoon of floor cinnamon may be added.

Generally, I’ll even stir in a handful of mini chocolate chips, shredded coconut, or chopped walnuts, pistachios, or pecans. These add ins present an exquisite texture.

*To make lemon blueberry banana bread, merely add the zest of two lemons if you whisk collectively the liquid elements. High with a fundamental lemon glaze.

The right way to make the blueberry recipe

Begin by preheating the oven to 350 levels Fahrenheit.

Grease a 9 by 5 inch loaf pan. I additionally wish to line the underside with parchment paper. Set this pan apart.

In a big mixing bowl, whisk the mashed bananas, sweetener, water, non-compulsory oil or nut butter, and pure vanilla extract.

Stir within the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and non-compulsory cardamom and cinnamon till the batter is simply evenly blended. Don’t over combine.

Fold within the blueberries with a spoon. You wish to add them on the very finish and stir as little as attainable to keep away from the berries bursting and turning the complete loaf purple.

Then once more, if it does flip purple, I doubt anybody will thoughts!

Switch the banana bread batter to the ready loaf pan, utilizing a spoon or spatula.

Clean down, then place the pan on the middle rack of the oven.

Bake for 50 minutes or till a toothpick inserted into the middle of the bread comes out largely clear.

In case your bread is cooking too quick across the edges however remains to be underdone within the center, cowl the highest loosely with tin foil and proceed to bake. Make sure that your oven is calibrated as nicely. An oven thermometer ought to learn 350 levels.

Let the blueberry baked good cool earlier than slicing. If you happen to can wait, I like to recommend loosely overlaying the complete pan with a fabric towel or paper towels and refrigerating in a single day.

The style and texture are so a lot better the subsequent day and even higher the third day!

Notice: If you happen to choose to make blueberry banana muffins as an alternative of a fast loaf, grease the muffin tins first and bake for twenty minutes.

Frosting and topping concepts

The wholesome fast bread is nice by itself or iced with any of the next choices.

Attempt peanut butter, almond butter, or Coconut Butter.

Or make a easy powdered sugar glaze or cream cheese frosting.

Unfold the loaf with strawberry jam, mashed banana, or spiced apple butter.

Desire a crumb topping just like espresso cake? Use the streusel from my Blueberry Bars, sprinkling it on prime of the banana bread simply earlier than putting the pan within the oven.

Utilizing gram measurements

If you happen to choose to bake with a meals scale as an alternative of the cups and tablespoons listed additional beneath within the recipe field, listed below are the quantities to make use of:

360 grams mashed banana, 240 grams flour, 130 grams blueberries, 120 grams liquid sweetener, 60 grams water, 60 grams oil or extra water, and 10 grams vanilla.

Additionally remember to add within the baking soda, baking powder, salt, and non-compulsory cardamom, that are too small to measure utilizing a meals scale.

Banana blueberry bread well being advantages

Low calorie and refined sugar free, this easy vegan blueberry banana bread can be plant primarily based, gluten free, complete grain, dairy free, and oil free.

It has over three grams of fiber, greater than six grams of protein, and simply seven grams of sugar, all for below 100 energy per slice.

You get potassium from the banana. And the superfood blueberries are excessive in vitamin C, vitamin Ok, and manganese.

Blueberries are additionally believed to have the next stage of antioxidants than virtually all different berries and fruits.

Leftover Blueberries? Make this Blueberry Crisp Recipe

The recipe was tailored from my favourite Wholesome Banana Bread.

Extra Fast Bread Loaf Recipes

Strawberry Bread

Apple Bread

Almond Flour Banana Bread

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

Cranberry Orange Bread

Keto Pumpkin Bread

Or this Vegan Pumpkin Bread