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Looking for healthy recipes with one banana? This healthy one-banana banana bread with chocolate is all you need. Quick and easy to make, this mini chocolate banana bread is also healthy, low calories and with no oil.
Last Sunday I was in the mood for banana bread. I wanted it so badly that when I came home from running I set out baking. And since I also craved chocolate (mhh, what a surprise), I decided to make my healthy chocolate banana bread.
But a glance to my pantry reveled something unpleasant. Terribly unpleasant. I just had one banana, definitely not enough to make a whole loaf. Neither the chocolate nor my protein banana bread recipe.
“What recipes can I do with one banana?” I asked myself. But as my cravings were intense, the answer came out pretty quickly. “Healthy one-banana banana bread with chocolate! That is all I want.” And it is the way how this healthy banana bread recipe with one banana was born.
Ingredients for one-banana banana bread
Besides one banana, you will only need a couple of simple, basic ingredients. Here is all you need to bake a healthy chocolate banana bread for one. Don’t worry if something is missing, because you’ll find a list of substitutes for each ingredient (apart the banana, of course).
- Banana: the riper the banana, the better. Look for a brown-ish banana, with dark spots all over its skin. If your banana is still yellow, let it ripe before making this recipe.
- Egg: for a tastier and healthier mini banana loaf, make this recipe with a free-range fresh egg.
- Nut butter: this recipe can be prepared with cashew butter, almond butter, walnut butter or even peanut butter. If you are allergic to nuts, make this chocolate one-banana banana bread with tahini or sunflower seed butter.
- Greek yogurt: as this recipe uses no oil, the Greek yogurt will make your mini chocolate banana bread soft and moist. If you don’t want to use it, this ingredient can be replaced with any yogurt of your choice. Also dairy-free!
- Oat flour: both store-bought and homemade oat flours work, gluten-free if it is necessary. As an alternative, you can replace oat flour with whole-wheat flour, spelt flour or all-purposes flour.
- Almond flour: for a heathy one-banana banana bread that is also low in calories and fats, this recipe uses defatted almond flour. You can replace it with full-fat almond flour, more oat flour or with more of your favorite flour.
- Cocoa powder: for healthier banana bread, choose natural cocoa powder without added sugars.
- Granular sweetener: for a sugar-free mini banana bread, this recipe uses erythritol. You can replace with coconut sugar, brown sugar, date syrup or with any granular sweetener of your choice.
- Flavors: vanilla extract and a pinch of salt will bring your small-batch banana bread to the next level!
- Baking powder: this will make your chocolate banana bread rise.
- Chocolate chips: this recipe uses extra dark chocolate chips without added sugars. You are free to substitute with any chocolate chips you like.
How to make healthy banana bread with one banana
Start by mashing in a mixing bowl the banana. Once smooth, stir the nut butter, egg and Greek yogurt into the banana mixture.
Add to the mashed banana the granular sweetener, vanilla extract and a pinch of salt. Stir the wet mixture with a whisk or fork for around two minutes, or until all is well combined.
Stir in oat flour (or your preferred flour), almond flour, cocoa powder and baking powder. Give it a good stir until all is well combined, then fold though the chocolate chips.
Pour the banana bread batter into your prepared loaf pan, and sprinkle some more chocolate chips on top, if you desire. Bake the healthy one-banana banana bread in hot oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of your chocolate banana loaf comes out clean.
Finally, remove from the oven and let cool in the loaf pan for about 15 minutes.
How to store one-banana banana bread
Once the healthy one-banana banana bread has cooled completely, you can wrap it very well and it will stay fresh for up to 3 days at room temperature. If you plan to store the mini chocolate banana bread for longer, place the dessert in a food container and refrigerate for a maximum of 5 days.
As an alternative you can also seal it in airtight zipping bags and freeze. Frozen, this one-banana chocolate banana bread will last for up to 3 months. All you have to do before serving is removing the loaf from the freezer and heat it in hot oven for a couple of minutes.
FAQ – Frequently asked questions
If you still have any doubt, here are some of the most frequently asked questions on how to make healthy banana bread with one banana (and chocolate, of course).
- How to make vegan one-banana banana bread? To make this recipe vegan, replace the egg with one flaxseed egg and use dairy-free yogurt instead of Greek yogurt.
- How to make high protein banana bread with chocolate? Making high protein one-banana bread is incredibly easy. All you have to do is replacing the almond flour with vegan protein powder or casein, and regulate with a hint of milk if it is necessary. I do not recommend whey protein as it will dry your banana bread out.
- How to make gluten-free banana bread with one banana? For a gluten-free recipe, use certified gluten-free oat flour and almond flour.
- How to make dairy-free chocolate banana bread? Replace Greek yogurt with a plant based alternative and use dark chocolate chips for a gluten-free banana bread recipe with one banana.
- How to make this recipe nut-free? As simple as that, replace nut butter with tahini or sunflower seed butter.
- How to make a one-banana banana bread without chocolate? If you don’t like the chocolate taste, replace cocoa powder with more almond flour or oat flour and regulate with milk and sweetener if necessary.
- How many servings does this recipe give? This one-banana bread recipe gives about 4 servings, depending on how you decide to serve the dessert.
More healthy recipes with bananas
- Healthy chocolate banana bread
- High protein banana bread
- 3 ingredient banana brownies
- Breakfast oatmeal cookies
- Egg white banana cookies
Healthy One-banana Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 1 ripe banana
- 1 egg
- 30 grams (2 tbsp) Greek yogurt (or preferred yogurt)
- 1 tbsp nut butter (cashew butter or almond butter) or tahini
- 30 grams (3 tbsp) granular sweetener (erythritol, coconut sugar or brown sugar)
- 50 grams (1/2 cup) oat flour (or preferred flour)
- 20 grams (3 tbsp) almond flour (or more oat flour)
- 20 grams (3 tbsp) cocoa powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking powder
- a pinch of salt
- 2 tbsp chocolate chips
Instructions
- Heat oven to 180 C° (350 F°) and fold a 12 cm (5 inches) loaf pan with parchment paper or grease with oil.
- In a mixing bowl mash the ripe banana with a fork until completely smooth. Stir nut butter, egg and yogurt into the banana mixture.
- Add in granular sweetener, vanilla extract and a pinch of salt. Stir the wet mixture with a whisk or fork for around two minutes, or until all is well combined.
- Sift in oat flour (or preferred flour), almond flour, cocoa powder and baking powder. Give it a good stir until all is well combined, then fold though chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter into your prepared loaf pan, and if desired top with chocolate chips. Bake in hot oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of your chocolate banana bread comes out clean.
- Remove chocolate banana bread from oven and let cool in the loaf pan for about 15 minutes. Then remove bread from the pan and let cool completely before slicing.
