Author Notes
This is a favorite recipe passed down to me by another nutritional science graduate student working in the same lab four or five years ago. I have never had a more moist banana bread before, let alone one that is completely whole wheat. —Foodie52
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Ingredients
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2.5 cups
Whole wheat flour
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2 teaspoons
baking soda
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0.5 teaspoons
salt
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0.5 cups
buttermilk
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4
large bananas, thoroughly mashed
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4
eggs
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1.5 cups
sugar
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1 cup
walnuts, chopped (optional)
Directions
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Preheat the oven to 350 and oil two medium loaf pans.
Combine all the dry ingredients: whole wheat flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
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In a separate bowl, combine the buttermilk, sugar and bananas. Add in the eggs. It may look somewhat curdled now, but that is okay.
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Gentle combine the dry and wet ingredients together. Stir in the walnuts, if desired.
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Pour into the 2 prepared loaf pans, and baked at 350 for 50-55 minutes or until done.
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