Einkorn Flour Banana Bread
This banana bread recipe is made with nutritious and delicious Einkorn flour. This is an incredibly tender and moist banana bread recipe and Einkorn flour lends a wonderful nutty flavour. This banana bread received rave reviews from my family so I hope you love it too! Enjoy!
Servings: 10 slices
Calories: 342kcal
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup einkorn flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
Wet Ingredients
- ½ cup butter room temperature
- ¾ cup brown sugar lightly packed
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 1 ½ cups mashed banana (overripe bananas)
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Streusel Topping
- 3 tbsp flour
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
- 2 tbsp rolled oats
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- 2 tbsp butter softened
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9x5 loaf pan with butter or line with parchment paper.
- Combine the einkorn flour, salt and baking soda well in a small bowl.
- Beat together the softened butter and brown sugar together for several minutes. You will see the butter and sugar mixture get light and fluffy and lighten in colour.
- Beat in room temperature eggs one at a time and then stir in mashed banana and vanilla.
- Pour into a greased pan and top with the streusel topping mixture.
- Bake for 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. I recommend checking the banana bread for 50 minutes to avoid over-baking. In my oven this recipe takes upwards of an hour but every oven is different. Allow to cool in the pan for at least 1 hour before cutting into the loaf.
Instructions for Streusel topping:
- In a small bowl combine flour, brown sugar, oats, cinnamon and salt and whisk together. Add softened butter and mash the ingredients with a fork until the butter is mostly incorporated.
- Crumble the streusel topping over the top of your banana bread batter once it’s in the pan. Don’t overload the centre of the loaf because you don’t want to prevent the loaf from rising evenly.
Notes
- Always be prepared to make banana bread: Next time you go to the grocery store, buy several extra bunches of bananas and let them get really ripe on your counter. When they’re the perfect ripeness for banana bread, simply peel them and freeze them in a freezer-safe container and then you are ready for delicious banana bread at any time.
- Measure the flour carefully and accurately. The best way to do this is to spoon the flour into your measuring cup and level it off with the back of a knife.
- Mix the dry ingredients and wet ingredients until just combined. Overmixing can give you tough banana bread.
- Try setting aside 100-150 grams of banana to mash more gently so your loaf has more texture and bits of banana.
Nutrition
Calories: 342kcal