All time favourite - Whole wheat banana blueberry bread

Rise and shine lovelies!

My bananas unfortunately fell from high grounds and suffered awfully blackened skin. Well, I had great excuse to make something out of those bananas. Hehe. And since I bought 4 packets of blueberries, I shall have the combination of both bananas and blueberries - whole wheat banana and blueberries bread. It was so yummy that I finished 3 pieces when they were freshly out of the oven and another 2 pieces as though they were pancakes in 2 different days.

Recipe adapted from Amy's healthy baking

1 ¼ c whole wheat flour, divided (measured correctly)

2 tsp baking powder

¼ tsp salt

1 tbsp oil or butter, melted and cooled

1 egg

2 tsp vanilla extract

½ c + 2 tbsp mashed banana (about 1 extra long 9” banana)

2 tbsp plain nonfat Greek yogurt

2 tbsp honey

1/3 c frozen wild blueberries

I did not modify this recipe at all and stick closely to instructions but for my oven, my bread was not yet baked at 170 degrees at 40 minutes even though it was supposed to be and I added another 10 mins at 180 degrees and last 10 mins at 200 degrees. Yes, I wonder if I did anything wrong for my oven as my bread's top stayed yellow until the last 15 mins at such extreme temperatures. I did preheat my oven as well. After 2 tries in my new oven, I believe that a higher temperature, longer period of time and pan with a bigger surface would work better for my oven. Note: I believe ovens differ from one another. I will make a post on my oven.

My bread came out a little moist in the middle and crispy at the sides. I am not completely pleased with the middle but I love the taste regardless! The sweetness was perfect with fully ripe bananas. I will definitely attempt this again.

Treating my stacks and pieces of bread like pancakes & complementing with greek yogurt and fruits

Freshly out of the oven - Whole wheat banana blueberry bread

Love,

Cheryl Miyo