Name: Healthy banana bread
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: Cuts into 10 slices
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: low-fat spread for the tin, plus extra to serve; 140g wholemeal flour; 100g self-raising flour; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1 tsp baking powder; 300g mashed banana from overripe black bananas; 4 tbsp agave syrup; 3 large eggs beaten with a fork; 150ml Danone Skyr Plain Yoghurt; 25g chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)

Healthy banana bread

Have your cake and eat it with this delightful low-fat, healthy banana loaf – perfect for breakfast and beyond

1 hr 35 min total 20 min prep 1 hr 15 min cook Cuts into 10 slices 145 cal

Instructions

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1 Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Butter and line a 2lb loaf tin with baking parchment (allow it to come 2cm above top of tin).
2 Mix the flours, bicarb, baking powder and a pinch of salt in a large bowl.
3 Mix the bananas, syrup, eggs and Danone Skyr Plain Yoghurt.
4 Quickly stir into the dry ingredients.
5 Gently scrape into the tin and scatter with nuts, if using. Bake for 1 hr 10 mins-1 hr 15 mins or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool in tin on a wire rack. Eat warm or at room temperature, with low-fat spread.