Free Recipe
Cinnamon Banana Bread
150 CAL | 5G PROTEIN (PER SLICE)High-protein banana bread — 12 slices, 56g of protein in the whole loaf.
Real banana bread — warm, cinnamon-y, chocolate-chipped, and actually moist — rebuilt so a slice fits your day instead of blowing it. Fat-free Greek yogurt and a zero-calorie brown sugar keep it light; real bananas and vanilla keep it tasting like the loaf your grandma made. Makes 12 slices at about 150 calories each.
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Dry: All-purpose flour — 900 cal / 26g protein | 2 cups |
| Baking soda | 1 tsp |
| Salt | 1/4 tsp |
| Cinnamon | 1/2 tsp |
| Wet: Ripe bananas, mashed — 315 cal / 3g protein | 3 medium |
| Light margarine / butter — 280 cal | 1/2 cup |
| Stevia brown sugar | 3/4 cup |
| Eggs — 120 cal / 12g protein | 2 |
| Fat-free Greek yogurt — 70 cal / 13g protein | 1/2 cup |
| Vanilla extract | 1 tbsp |
| Lily's chocolate chips — 120 cal / 2g protein | 2 servings |
Macros
| Component | Cal / Protein |
|---|---|
| 3 ripe bananas | 315 · 3g |
| Flour (2 cups) | 900 · 26g |
| Light margarine (1/2 cup) | 280 · 0g |
| 2 eggs | 120 · 12g |
| Fat-free Greek yogurt (1/2 cup) | 70 · 13g |
| Lily's chocolate chips (2 servings) | 120 · 2g |
| Whole loaf | 1,805 · 56g |
| Per slice (of 12) | ~150 · ~5g |
How To Make It
- Mash the bananas. Put 3 ripe bananas in a bowl and mash them with a fork.
- Mix the dry. In another bowl, combine 2 cups flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 1/4 tsp salt, and 1/2 tsp cinnamon.
- Make the sweet butter. In a third bowl, soften 1/2 cup light margarine in the microwave. Add 3/4 cup stevia brown sugar and mix thoroughly for about 3 minutes until it creams together.
- Build the wet. To the sweet butter, add 2 eggs, the mashed bananas, 1/2 cup fat-free Greek yogurt, and 1 tbsp vanilla. Mix thoroughly.
- Combine. Add the wet to the dry and mix thoroughly, then fold in 2 servings of Lily's chocolate chips.
- Bake. Grease a 9x5 pan, add the batter, and bake on the lower rack at 350°F for 50–55 minutes. Check with a toothpick.
- Pull it early. I take mine out a little early — it keeps cooking in the hot pan, and that's how you get a moister bread.
Neil's Note
Two things keep this one tasting like real banana bread instead of a dry protein brick. First, the fat-free Greek yogurt and the zero-calorie brown sugar do the heavy lifting on keeping it moist and sweet without the calories. Second — and don't skip this — pull it out of the oven a little early. Carryover heat keeps cooking it right in the hot pan, so if you bake it until it looks "done," it's already overdone. Early = moist.
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