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banana gingerbread loaf recipe

Healthy Banana Gingerbread Loaf Recipe

Sarah Remmer, RD
This delicious and surprisingly nutritious Banana Gingerbread Loaf will be a new holiday favourite in your house (and your kids will devour it too!). It’s soft, moist and has the perfect combo of sweet and spicy.
4.70 from 10 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Additional Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 1 loaf

Ingredients
  

  • 2.5 cups mashed ripe banana
  • 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup milk of choice
  • 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
  • 1/4 cup molasses – blackstrap or regular
  • 1 1/2 tbsp vinegar
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1.5 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/8 tsp ground cloves
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 3/4 tsp each: baking powder and salt
  • 1 cups finely ground oats
  • 1 cup flour of choice
  • Optional: ½ cup chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • Grease a 9x5 loaf pan very well, going up the sides. (Or line the pan with parchment.)
  • Preheat oven to 350 F. Whisk the first 6 ingredients together in a bowl, then set aside.
  • In a large bowl, stir remaining ingredients together very well (except chocolate chips). Pour wet over dry, stir just until evenly mixed, and smooth into the loaf pan.
  • Bake on the center rack for 40-45 minutes – then do not open the oven even to peek, but turn off the heat. Let sit in the closed oven for 10 additional minutes.
  • Remove and let cool completely before going around the sides with a knife and inverting onto a plate or cutting from the pan.
  • Store leftover slices in the fridge for 2-3 days or freeze for up to a month.
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