Nutty Banana Chocolate Chip Bread
Description
Whole wheat flour and milled flax seed give this moist breakfast bread an added boost of whole grain.
Ingredients
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3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
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3/4 cup whole wheat flour
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1/4 cup milled flax seed
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1 teaspoon salt
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1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
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1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
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1/2 cup brown sugar
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1/2 cup granular sucralose sweetener (such as Splenda®)
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2 eggs
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 teaspoon lemon juice
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1/2 cup nonfat plain yogurt
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3 medium bananas, mashed
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1/2 cup chopped walnuts
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1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
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1 tablespoon chopped walnuts
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1 tablespoon miniature semisweet chocolate chips
Directions
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
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Mix all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, flax seed, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg in a bowl. Beat butter, brown sugar, and sucralose sweetener in another bowl until light and fluffy. Beat eggs, vanilla extract, and lemon juice into butter mixture until well combined.
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Stir flour mixture into butter mixture until smooth. Add yogurt, bananas, 1/2 cup walnuts, and 1/2 cup chocolate chips, stirring until batter is just blended. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle remaining 1 tablespoon walnuts and 1 tablespoon chocolate chips on top of batter.
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Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 70 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.