Banana Bread (Easy Whole Wheat Recipe)

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit) for 20 minutes.

Step 2

Grease a bread loaf tin or a rectangular cake pan with oil. You can use the rectangular cake pan of size ( 7.5 x 4 x 2.5 inches) or round cake pan (7.5 x 2 inches).

Step 3

Take sliced bananas and sugar in a mixing bowl.

Step 4

Mash the bananas well with a vegetable masher or puree them with a hand blender or a regular blender.

Step 5

Now add the oil, vanilla, cinnamon powder, nutmeg powder to the banana. Mix thoroughly with a wired whisk or spatula so that the oil is mixed evenly with the banana puree.

Step 6

Sieve the whole wheat flour with baking soda, baking powder, salt directly in the bowl containing the mashed bananas.

Step 7

Now fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Do not mix. Do this cut and folding technique properly, so that all the ingredients are mixed evenly.

Step 8

This folding step is important as you want the whole bread mixture to be one and mixed evenly.

Step 9

Keep in mind not to overwork the batter as this will result in gluten strands being formed in the batter, that will make for a doughy texture in the bread. The batter should have volume and not look flat or stringy.

Step 10

If the batter looks very thick or dry then add about ¼ to ⅓ cup of water or preferred nut milk and gently fold again.

Step 11

Lastly add the sunflower seeds and fold once again.

Step 12

Pour the bread mixture into the loaf pan.

Step 13

Bake at 180 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit) for 30 to 40 minutes or till a toothpick or a bambook skewer inserted in the bread comes out clean.

Step 14

The timing varies from oven to oven. Depending on the temperature in your oven and the size of your pan, the bread might take less or more time than mentioned here.

Step 15

So take your call and keep an eye on the bread. However don't open the oven untill the bread is ¾ done.

Step 16

The benchmark is that a tooth pick inserted in the bread should come out clean.

Step 17

Place the loaf pan on a wired rack for it to cool. When the bread cools down, gently remove the banana bread from the pan.

Step 18

Slice and serve banana bread.

Step 19

The remaining banana loaf, you can wrap in a cling film or keep in a box in the fridge. You can choose to warm the banana bread before serving.