Banana-Almond Bread/Muffins
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350° degrees.
1. Spoon flours into dry measuring cups
and level with a knife.
2. Whisk together with the next 4
ingredients (through cinnamon) in a
large bowl.
3. Combine sugar, egg whites, oil, vanilla
extract, Greek yogurt and eggs in a large
bowl and beat with a hand mixer until
blended.
4. Add almondmilk and mashed bananas,
beating at a low speed until blended
together.
5. Add flour mixture to above mixture and
beat at a low speed until combined (don’t
over mix.)
6. Coat 2 loaf pans (9 x 5 inch each) or
muffin tins (24 muffins) with cooking
spray.
7. Spoon batter into pans and fill half-way.
Sprinkle almonds evenly over batter.
8. Bake breads (in loaf pans) for 1 hour or
until a wooden pick inserted in center
comes out clean, or bake muffins (in muffin
tins) for 20 minutes and check as above.
Cool in pans for 10 minutes and then
remove from pans and cool on wire rack.
Yield is either 2 loaves or
24 muffins.
INGREDIENTS
• 2 cups whole wheat pastry
flour
• 11/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 Tablespoon baking
powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground
cinnamon
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 4 egg whites
• 1/2 cup extra light olive oil or
avocado oil
• 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla
extract
• 2 large eggs
• 2/3 cup Original Almond
Breeze almondmilk
• 4 ripe bananas, mashed well
• 1/3 cup slivered almonds
• 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
• Cooking spray
soaring popularity has arisen
because people just simply
love the taste... even if they’re
perfectly healthy.
Almondmilk has established
itself as a beverage, but
people are just learning about
the wide range of ways it
can be woven into all sorts
of recipes. Almondmilk can
be enjoyed as an ingredient
in soups and stews, baked in
muffins, or chilled in smoothies.
The substitution of almondmilk
instead of using less healthy
ingredients, like cream, can be
a great way to improve the
diets of everyone in the family
without compromising flavor.
Keep in mind that the word,
“diet” actually means “weigh
of life” so you shouldn’t have
to change your life to fit into
your diet. In fact, the best diet
is one that you can fit into your
life. Almonds and almondmilk
can deliciously be included
everyday for adults and children
and could be a part of enjoying
an even better life.
Bonnie Taub-Dix,
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
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