The second bread in the July 1st Healthy Bread in Five Minutes Bread Braid is Whole Wheat Banana Bread. I had a bunch of overripe bananas in my refrigerator that were almost past their prime so this was good timing.
This particular banana bread is a yeasted banana bread rather than a quick bread. It is made with a combination of white whole wheat flour and all-purpose flour and honey and oil rather than sugar and butter. I’ve made yeasted banana bread before and wasn’t too impressed so I didn’t know what to expect with this bread. I guess I’m just partial to the banana bread that I grew up eating.
You can find the recipe for this whole wheat banana bread on page 200 of the Healthy Bread in Five Minutes book.
I used freshly-milled white whole wheat flour and all-purpose flour. I made the dough the night before I planned to bake the bread and let it sit on the counter for two hours. Then I put the dough in the refrigerator to ferment overnight.
I baked the bread the next day and I’m happy to say that I was pleasantly surprised. This yeasted banana bread tasted good, especially warm with butter.
Editors note: This bread tasted really good warm and fresh from the oven. I tried it a little while later and it was a bit lacking in flavor. This is probably because I was expecting it to taste more like a banana quick bread. My son thought it lacked flavor as well and he didn’t like the crust.
Having said that, this is a great bread for toasting. It tastes good with peanut butter which is not something I would normally eat on banana bread. Who knew?
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Happy Baking!
Cathy
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Michelle says
I didn’t make the Banana Bread this time but I’m wondering if you saute the bananas in butter and then added the bananas and the butter if this would improve the flavor?
Old Pop says
I think you are right on in noting that this is not a sweet quick bread but an entirely different animal. I have noticed that with several of the yeasted breads where they are different from our expectations based on what we are used to. And different is not always bad, just different.
Elwood says
I agree with Old Pop, these breads are a lot different from the batter breads.
Danielle says
Im so happy to see that your bread was flat on top like mine. I thought I’d messed up LOL. I really liked this bread toasted with peanut butter.