Banana Walnut Flax Seed Bread Recipes

BANANA BREAD WITH WALNUTS AND FLAXSEED

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan, and set aside. Whisk together the flours, flaxseed, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a medium bowl, and set aside.
• Put egg and egg white in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, and mix on medium-low speed until well combined, about 2 minutes. Add melted butter, sugar, vanilla, and bananas, and mix until combined. Add the reserved flour mixture, and mix on low speed until well incorporated, about 10 seconds. Stir in walnuts.
• Pour batter into buttered pan. Bake until golden brown and a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Let cool slightly in pan on a wire rack. Invert bread to unmold; reinvert, and let cool completely on rack.

BANANA WALNUT FLAX SEED BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Butter two 8x4-inch loaf pans.
• Whisk whole wheat flour, flaxseed meal, wheat germ, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together in a large bowl. Stir walnuts into dry ingredients.
• Beat eggs and brown sugar in a separate bowl with an electric mixer until thick and pale, about 3 minutes. Add sunflower seed oil, walnut oil, and yogurt; beat to combine. Stir in mashed bananas and vanilla extract.
• Pour egg mixture over dry ingredients and mix briefly, until just moistened. Divide batter between loaf pans.
• Bake loaves in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Remove pans from the oven and let sit 5 minutes, then remove loaves to cool on wire racks.

BANANA DATE FLAXSEED BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8x4 inch loaf pan. Use an electric coffee grinder or food processor to grind 1/2 cup flax seed; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat together banana, oil, sugar and eggs. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground flax seed and 1/4 cup whole flax seed. Gradually stir flour mixture into banana mixture. Fold in dates. Spoon batter into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 55 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the loaf comes out clean.

FLAX BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 350°F
• Grease a 8-1/2 x 4-1/2-inch bread pan; set aside.
• Mix together flour, flaxseed meal, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl.
• In a separate bowl, beat together eggs and oil.
• Add dry ingredients and mashed bananas alternately to egg and oil mixture, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened. Pour into prepared pan.
• Combine topping ingredients and sprinkle over batter in loaf pan. Pat down firmly into batter or swirl topping into batter with knife.
• Bake 55-60 minutes.

BANANA BREAD MUFFINS WITH FLAX SEED

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Combine dry ingredients. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add bananas, sour cream and eggs; mix well. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Stir in nuts.
• Spoon batter into 16 paper-lined muffin cups. Bake 22 to 24 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean.
• Cool 5 min. Remove muffins from pan to wire rack; cool completely.

HEALTHIER BANANA BREAD (LOWER FAT, FLAX, WW FLOUR, LESS SUGAR)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spray 2 loaf pans with non-stick spray.
• Mash bananas.
• Combine sugar, oil and egg--mixing until creamy.
• Blend in mashed bananas.
• In a separate bowl, combine whole wheat flour, ground flax seed, salt, baking soda. (Add the nuts to the dry ingredients at this point). Combine wet and dry ingredients, but do not overmix.
• Pour batter into loaf pans and bake approximately 1 hour-testing with a toothpick at the hour, and then as needed.
• Note: Because the batter is dense you will need to watch the baking time to be sure it is adequate--don't only go by color, flax seed will add darkness.

BANANA-NUT BREAD WITH FLAX

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Mix egg, bananas and MIRACLE WHIP until blended. Combine all remaining ingredients except nuts in large bowl. Add banana mixture; stir just until dry ingredients are evenly moistened. (Batter will be lumpy.) Stir in nuts.
• Pour into greased and floured 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Bake 55 min. to 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes clean. Cool 10 min. Remove from pan to wire rack; cool completely.