Banana Bread with Applesauce and Yogurt

This banana bread recipe puts a unique twist on traditional banana bread – it features applesauce and yogurt! The applesauce adds extra moisture and is used as a replacement for oil, cutting fat and calories. The addition of Greek yogurt also adds moisture to the bread while helping it rise and creating that old-fashioned banana bread flavor. Gluten-free.

If you have over-ripe bananas on the counter or stashed in the freezer, you were meant to bake a loaf of banana bread! Use the over-ripe bananas to create Banana Bread Recipe For Kids, Healthy Banana Muffins or this recipe below.

Banana bread is always best enjoyed fresh from the oven, but can easily be frozen in individual ziplock bags for grab-and-go snacks or packed for lunch. A slice of frozen banana bread makes for the ultimate ice pack in your child’s lunchbox.

Gather the equipment and ingredients to get started then follow the simple instructions.

Equipment

• 1 large loaf pan or 2 small loaf pans
• medium mixing bowl
• large mixing bowl
• small bowl
• fork
• stir spoon
• measuring cups and spoons
• oven mitts
• nonstick cooking spray

Ingredients

• 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose gluten-free flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 medium overripe bananas, mashed

How To Make

Follow the step-by-step instructions to make banana bread with yogurt and applesauce, checking out our favorite mix-ins to add to this banana bread recipe before baking!

Preheat the oven

Preheat the oven to 400°F. Spray the loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.

Combine wet ingredients

Combine the Greek yogurt, brown sugar, granulated sugar, applesauce, eggs, and vanilla in a large bowl. Then, set-aside.

Combine the dry ingredients

In a medium-sized bowl combine the flour, baking soda, and salt.

Stir the wet and dry ingredients together, then add banana

Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until they just start to come together. Add the mashed banana and gently stir.

This is the time to add any of your favorite banana bread mix-ins. Chocolate chips, shredded coconut, dried cherries, raisins, chopped apricots, walnuts or pecans are all great options to stir into the batter with the mashed banana.

Bake

Bake for 10 minutes at 400°F then turn the oven down to 350°F and continue cooking for about 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.

The initial high baking temperature helps the bread to rise while creating the crust. Lowering the temperature then bakes the inside without burning the top creating a moist inside and crunchy outside.

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