Lexie's Banana Bread
This recipe keeps it simple, classic. It has some millet, some chia and flax. I have two little babies and I want to get fiber in them. It's based off a recipe that I developed for my older son’s second birthday. I wanted something easy that everyone would like.
Half einkorn and half all purpose is a beautiful combo for this recipe. I really love the flavor that einkorn imparts into breads. It has this caramel-y, nutty flavor. so I really like using it in sweet things. There is a lightness to it. Which is not something you associate with a whole grain flour. It's also honey-sweetened. Most banana breads use a lot of brown sugar and I just don’t understand it, because bananas are so sweet. Greek yogurt works really well here. It gives it moisture without bogging it down the way that oil and butter do. I love using it in quick breads.
I’m so excited for my two-year-old to be this really obnoxious kid who’s like… Does your bread have einkorn in it?
-- Lexie Smith, Baker/.writer/artist, Ancramdale, NY
INGREDIENTS
- 125 g Unified Mills All Purpose Flour
- 135 g Unified Mills Einkorn Flour
- ¾ tsp kosher salt
- 1 ½ tsp baking soda
- 80 g coconut oil, can substitute olive oil or butter
- 90 g Greek yogurt
- 75 g honey
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 4 medium bananas, mashed
- 20 g chia seed
- 50 g millet
- 15 g flax
- 90 g walnuts, toasted & chopped
- 50 g black sesame seeds
- optional - chocolate chips or cocoa nibs
DIRECTIONS
- Grease the bottom and sides of a loaf pan. Line with parchment on bottom and sides and grease again. If desired, combine a tsp each of flax and sesame seeds. Sprinkle along the edges of prepared pan.
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together all-purpose flour, einkorn flour, salt and baking soda. Set aside.
- In a large bowl whisk together coconut oil, yogurt and honey. Add eggs and vanilla and stir. Add bananas and whisk again.
- Add flour mixture to wet ingredients in three batches. Gently whisk after each addition to combine ingredients. Do not overmix.
- Next add chia, millet and flax seeds. Stir to mix in. Add walnuts and stir again.
- Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle sesame seeds atop loaf and bake for about 60-75 minutes, until top is deep golden brown and top springs back to the touch.
