Healthy Blueberry Banana Bread

Although saying goodbye to vacation is never easy, one of the things I do look forward to on our ride home is the fact that we pass TONS of farm stands selling the freshest of the fresh Summer fruits and veg. It’s our on-the-road again silver lining. We stop every year on our way home to pack the car FULL of tomatoes, berries, peaches, and peppers… and this year I went a little bit CRAZY on the berries. Blueberries! To be exact. They were so plump, juicy, and only 99 cents a bin! I wanted them ALL.

And all of them I bought. Well, almost. We came home with berries for days, and I immediately went into the “omg what should we do with all of these” mindset. After finding a batch of bananas we had forgot about sitting on top of the fridge, I just knew. Healthy Blueberry Banana Bread. It was fate.

Ingredients

• 1 and 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup coconut sugar (you may also use an equal amount of light brown sugar, packed)
• 1/4 cup coconut, melted
• 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten (at room temperature)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 VERY ripe bananas, peeled and mashed (should yield 1 and 1/4 cups of mashed banana)
• 1 and 1/2 cups fresh blueberries

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees (F). Line a 9" loaf pan with parchment paper so that the sides slightly overlap, then spray the parchment paper - and any exposed pan - with non-stick spray; set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon; set aside.
3. ........................................

for full instruction please see : bakerbynature.com

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