Clean Banana Bread

In our quest to eat healthier, breakfast has been the most challenging. For so many reasons. In the mornings we are usually scrambling over packing lunches, getting kids breakfast pulled together, and racing off to three different schools with three different start times. Adult breakfast has been mostly leftover dinner from the night before so we can get enough protein to not die in a work out. While Sesame Beef is delightful for dinner, it’s not my favorite breakfast.

Breakfasts have been my goal. And honestly, if I start my day off with a better breakfast I am so much more likely to eat better the rest of the day too. When I eat leftover eggs off the kids plates, the day goes a bit down hill from there.

Banana bread is a classic “quick breakfast” option - but it’s loaded with sugar. LOADED. Do you know how much sugar is in bananas? It’s absurd. Then most recipes include white sugar too. It’s too much for the morning. For my version, I eliminated cane sugar and hacked my baked oatmeal recipe to create a banana bread that’s literally a few ingredients - although I did sweeten it up with some maple syrup.

CLEAN BANANA BREAD

1 cup quick oats
1 cup rolled oats
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 ripe bananas
2 eggs 
1/4 cup maple syrup

STEP 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a small bowl, combine oats, baking powder and baking soda.  

STEP 2

In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine bananas, eggs, and maple syrup.  Slowly add the dry ingredients to the banana mixture.  Blend until just combined.  

STEP 3
Pour into a greased loaf pan and bake 40-45 minutes.  When the bread no longer 'jiggles' and a toothpick comes out totally clean, remove from the oven.  Let cool before serving.

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