No Added Sugar Fruit and Nut Bread
This gluten-free quick bread gets its sweetness from ripe bananas and dried fruit - no added sugar required!
Servings 12 servings
Calories 253kcal
Ingredients
- 2 medium ripe bananas
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 2 cups oat flour (See Recipe Notes about how to make oat flour.)
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 3/4 cup chopped almonds
- 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
- 3/4 cup unsweetened dried apricots, chopped into 1/4-inch pieces
- 3/4 cup raisins or dried cranberries**
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350˚F.
- Coat a 1-quart loaf pan with cooking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl, mash the bananas until no longer chunky. Using a whisk, add the eggs and canola oil and combine well. Add the oat flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir to combine.
- Add the almonds, walnuts, apricots, and raisins, and blend well.
- Pour the batter into the loaf pan and spread it evenly. Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Cool for 5 minutes in the pan before turning out on a wire rack to cool for another 10 minutes before cutting.
Notes
Note: To make oat flour, place uncooked oats in a food processor and process into a fine, flour-like texture.
Calories: 253, Total fat: 14 grams, Saturated fat: 1 gram, Cholesterol: 35 milligrams, Sodium: 135 milligrams, Carbohydrate: 29 grams, Dietary fiber: 4 grams, Protein: 6 grams, Calcium: 64 milligrams, Iron: 2 milligrams