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sliced pumpkin banana bread loaf with a powdered sugar glaze
Andrea

Healthy Pumpkin Banana Bread

5 from 1 vote
This healthy pumpkin banana bread is flavorful, perfectly spiced and moist and tender. It’s healthier than a traditional pumpkin banana bread because it has less sugar, and is made with wholesome ingredients like Greek yogurt, ground flax seed and whole wheat flour. A great tasting bread that doesn’t sacrifice flavor for nutrition.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 12 slices
Course: Breakfast
Calories: 197
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup All purpose flour
  • 1 cup Whole wheat flour can also use white whole wheat flour
  • 2 tablespoon Baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • 2 tablespoon Ground flax seed
  • 2 Very ripe bananas smashed
  • ⅔ cup Pumpkin puree
  • ½ cup Sugar
  • 2 Large eggs
  • ¼ cup Greek yogurt
  • 6 tablespoon Butter melted and cooled
  • 1 teaspoon Pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 teaspoon Pumpkin spice extract or vanilla extract

Equipment

  • 1 Loaf Pan greased
  • 2 Mixing bowls
  • 1 Whisk
  • 1 Spatula
  • Measuring cups and spoons

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees f
  2. Add both flours, the baking powder, salt and flax seed to a large mixing bowl and whisk together
    1 cup All purpose flour, 1 cup Whole wheat flour, 2 tablespoon Baking powder, ½ teaspoon Salt, 2 tablespoon Ground flax seed
  3. In a separate bowl add the bananas, pumpkin puree, sugar, eggs, Greek yogurt, pumpkin pie spice and extract. Stir together
    2 Very ripe bananas, ⅔ cup Pumpkin puree, ½ cup Sugar, 2 Large eggs, ¼ cup Greek yogurt, 6 tablespoon Butter, 1 teaspoon Pumpkin pie spice, 1 teaspoon Pumpkin spice extract
  4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and gently stir together until well combined, but do not overmix. Pour into a greased 9"x5" loaf pan.
  5. Bake for 50-75 minutes, removing from oven when toothpick inserted comes out mostly clean. See recipe note about cooking times and doneness

Notes

This bread holds a lot of moisture, so don't be surprised if it takes a bit longer to bake than a traditional banana bread.
Your toothpick should be mostly clean when inserted and removed. It should not come out with lots of wet batter on it, but if it has been baking for 60-70 minutes and still has a very small amount of batter on it, the bread should be done.
It will continue to bake a bit after you remove it from the oven. If you try to bake long enough to get a completely clean toothpick, it may dry out and get overdone. This bread was recipe tested multiple times in a glass loaf and was perfect after approximately 65 minutes.