We interrupt this Memorial Day weekend to bring you… Secret Recipe Club! This month seems like it flew by. I swear, I just finished eating up my Roasted Tomatillo Salsa Verde from last month. But on to new and exciting recipes…
In case you forgot, members of the Secret Recipe Club are assigned a blog each month. Who has who is a secret until reveal day (today!). The mission is to choose a recipe from the assigned blog, make it, and share it!
I was super excited to be assigned to A Healthy Jalapeno this month, a blog I’ve been following for a long time. It’s written by Laura, a fellow military wife with a couple adorable pups who likes to cook healthy food, but still has a sweet tooth. Sound familiar?
I was totally intrigued by Laura’s recipe for Lemon Lime Basil Cookies, especially since I’ve got basil in my garden, but I wasn’t sure how they’d go over with cookie traditionalists (ahem, Nick). She’s also got a recipe for Ruby Red Grapefruit Bars, which look amazing and which I wish I’d seen sooner because I recently tried making something similar and they were kind of a failure!
It was hard to choose a recipe from so many awesome ones, but in the end, I chose a somewhat basic one. Ever since I made my Strawberry Banana Bread, it’s all I’ve been thinking about. Since it wasn’t healthy at all, I thought I’d try and squash my craving with Laura’s better for you version: Whole Wheat Banana Bread!
Honey Whole Wheat Banana Bread
(adapted from A Healthy Jalapeno)
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup no sugar added applesauce
- 3/4 cup honey
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 3 very ripe bananas, mashed
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan.
In a large bowl, combine flours, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together applesauce, honey, eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Add banana mixture to flour mixture and stir until just combined. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
Bake for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean.
Let bread cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely on a wire rack.
Susan says
May 26, 2013 at 11:21 pmThis looks delicious! Perfect healthy treat for my boys. Great pick for SRC!
JJ - 84thand3rd says
May 27, 2013 at 7:57 amLoving the sound of this recipe, I must try it soon! Good pick 🙂
Emily @ Life on Food says
May 27, 2013 at 9:54 amI have made many banana bread recipes but never with honey and applesauce. Looks like a winner. Great pick!
kirstin says
May 27, 2013 at 11:06 amThis sounds so yummy! Great choice!!
Sarah E says
May 27, 2013 at 1:58 pmYour pictures are so gorgeous! 🙂 The bread looks awesome. Happy Reveal Day!
Rebekah @ Making Miracles says
May 27, 2013 at 5:07 pmThat looks wonderful! I LOVE banana bread and my personal favorite recipe has whole wheat and applesauce in it too… great pick!!
nicole @ I am a Honey Bee says
May 27, 2013 at 6:59 pmlooks lovely!
and I have 3 banana’s sitting on my counter right now 🙂
Casey says
May 27, 2013 at 5:03 pmI could never get sick of banana bread! Looks great =)
Laura @ A Healthy Jalapeno says
May 27, 2013 at 9:00 pmI am so happy you choose this recipe… we loved it! So glad you liked it too!
Kelsey @ K&K Test Kitchen says
May 27, 2013 at 9:01 pmYum! Banana bread is always a good choice 🙂 Happy Reveal Day!
Amy | Amy's Cooking Adventures says
May 27, 2013 at 9:54 pmLove that you used honey instead of sugar! Genius!
Asiya @ Chocolate and Chillies says
May 27, 2013 at 10:11 pmI just made Banana Bread but it was all all-purpose flour…love the addition of whole wheat in yours! Great SRC pick!
Kelly says
January 1, 2015 at 6:49 amCan these recipe be used in a bread maker instead of in the oven? I just got a bread maker and it’s all new to me :-).
jessfuel says
January 6, 2015 at 1:01 pmHi Kelly– I’m not sure— I’ve never used a bread maker!! I think bread makers are for yeasted breads, though. If your instructions say you can use it for quickbreads, then you should be able to make this one!