Sugar Free Chocolate Banana Bread Recipe
Prep time: 15 Mins
Cook time: 65 Mins
Yields: One 9x5 inch loaf
Enjoy this sugar free version of chocolate banana bread which as good as the usual bread loaded with sugar.
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F/180C for 15 minutes. Grease or line the loaf pan with parchment paper.
  2. While the oven is preheating toast the nuts for 8-10 minutes and chop it once it is cool.
  3. In a large bowl mix together the dry ingredients (from flour to salt).
  4. In another bowl stir together the oil, applesauce, yogurt, bananas and vanilla extract.
  5. Fold in the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Stir until just combined.
  6. Fold in the nuts and chocolate chips. Do not over-mix the batter.
  7. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 55-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean. Mine was done after 60 minutes.
  8. Place the pan on a cooling rack and then remove the bread from the pan. Since I had line the pan with parchment paper I was able to remove the bread within a couple of minutes.
My Notes:
  1. The original recipe called for 1/2 cup of melted butter, which I have replaced with 1/4 cup of melted extra virgin coconut oil and 1/4 cup applesauce. Also for the 2 eggs, I have used 1/4 cup applesauce and 1/4 cup yogurt and increased the quantity of baking powder by 1/4 teaspoon.
  2. I forgot to add sugar while preparing the batter and realised it only at the end, so just proceeded with it anyway. We did like the bread even without the sugar. I think the bananas were sweet enough. So I guess even if you decide to add sugar, you may not need the entire 1 cup. Even 1/2 cup sugar should be fine.
  3. I have used 1/2 cup of applesauce to replace 1/4 cup of melted butter and 1 egg. If I had another banana I would have used that itself instead of the applesauce. So if you have bananas you could use it; applesauce is not compulsory.
  4. The batter was very thick so I added a couple tablespoons of water to make it a bit spreadable.
Recipe by Madhuram's Eggless Cooking at https://www.egglesscooking.com/chocolate-banana-bread/