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5 from 1 vote

Loaded Banana Bread

Author: This Worthey Life

Ingredients

  • 1 and 1/2 sticks unsalted sweet cream butter at room temperature
  • 1/2 cup of granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs at room temperature
  • 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp coconut oil
  • 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp of baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp of sea salt
  • 1 1/3 cup of mashed ripe bananas
  • 1/2 cup plain apple sauce
  • 2 tbsp dark chocolate chips
  • 2 tbsp peanut butter chips
  • 2 tbsp dried cherries or dried cranberries
  • 2 tbsp sunflower seeds
  • 1 tbsp sprouted hemp hearts
  • 1/4 tsp all-purpose flour

Instructions

  • Into the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the unsalted butter and the sugars together. Add the eggs one at a time, only adding the second after the first egg is fully incorporated. 
  • Add the pure vanilla extract and coconut oil, and continue to mix. 
  • Next, add the mashed bananas and plain apple sauce and mix well.
  • In a separate bowl, add all of the dry ingredients: the all-purpose flour, sea salt, and baking soda. Mix the ingredients and with the stand mixer on low, add the dry ingredients a spoonful at a time into the wet ingredients.
  • Pour the banana bread batter into a bread pan lined with parchment paper. 
  • Combine the chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, dried cherries, sunflower seeds, sprouted hemp hearts, and the 1/4 teaspoon of all-flour into a bowl and mix. Spoon the mixture over the banana bread batter, place the bread pan onto the center rack of a 350°F oven and bake for an hour; midway through baking the banana bread, check to see if the top of the bread to browning too fast. If so, tent aluminum foil over the bread and continue baking.
  • Use a toothpick inserted in the center of the banana bread to check for doneness.