Sugar Free Chocolate Banana Bread Recipe | #ratingval# from #reviews# reviews | |
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.
- 1 and 3/4 cups All Purpose Flour
- 1/4 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1 cup (See My Notes) Sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 and 1/4 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1/4 cup Extra Virgin Coconut Oil, melted
- 1/2 cup Unsweetened Applesauce
- 1/4 cup Plain Yogurt (I used non fat)
- 2-3 tablespoons or as needed Water
- 1 and 1/2 cups (approx. 3 bananas) Bananas ripe and mashed
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 cup Walnuts or Pecans, toasted and chopped
- 1/4 cup Mini semisweet chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 350F/180C for 15 minutes. Grease or line the loaf pan with parchment paper.
- While the oven is preheating toast the nuts for 8-10 minutes and chop it once it is cool.
- In a large bowl mix together the dry ingredients (from flour to salt).
- In another bowl stir together the oil, applesauce, yogurt, bananas and vanilla extract.
- Fold in the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Stir until just combined.
- Fold in the nuts and chocolate chips. Do not over-mix the batter.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The batter was very thick so I added a couple tablespoons of water to make it a bit spreadable.