Olive Oil Banana Bread (with Yogurt)

This is the best Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe with olive oil and yogurt. Made with yogurt, little oil and whole wheat flour, this is a healthier banana bread too. Moist, packed with chocolate chips and tastes like banana. Makes a delicious breakfast or snack!

Our regular Marbled Chocolate Banana Bread is one of the classic treats for special occasions at our home because of that sinful chocolate ganache covering it. On the other hand, we don’t wait for a special day to make this easy and healthier banana bread recipe.

Are you having difficulty in waking your family up? Make a loaf of this bread and let the incredible smell fill in the whole house. As a result, everyone will be up in a few seconds and run to the kitchen. A slice of banana bread when it’s still warm and a cup of coffee or tea make a perfect start in the morning. Can you think of a better breakfast than this? Oh and kids love it as a snack after school as well.

Ingredients

Firstly, make sure the following three ingredients are at room temperature:

• One egg
• 2 very  ripe bananas
• ½ cup plain yogurt

There is no butter in this banana bread recipe. We use olive oil to lower the calories a bit. Although it doesn’t taste in the bread at all, you can prefer other oils like sunflower oil, grape seed oil or coconut oil too. Also, we use full fat plain yogurt, but you can substitute buttermilk or kefir for it just like we did in our Moist Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread.

Need a chocolate chip banana bread recipe without eggs or dairy products? Check out our Vegan Banana Bread Recipe.

In addition, we use whole wheat flour in this chocolate chip banana bread recipe to make a healthier version. On the other hand, if healthy recipes are not your concern,  you can use a combination of all purpose flour and whole wheat flour. However, I don’t recommend leaving whole wheat flour out because it has a nicer flavor.

As a spice, we use our favorite one in this recipe: cinnamon. It’s optional, but I highly recommend that you use it because it makes the bread even more flavorsome and comforting.

As for the chocolate chips, we use dark ones but you are free to use whichever you like.

A note about bananas: The riper the bananas, the better. You can decide it by looking at the color of the peel. Look for brownish peels or brown spots on the peel and super soft bananas.

How To Make

It is very easy to make banana bread with olive oil and yogurt. Just make sure everything is at room temperature.

First, whisk together the sugar and egg until creamy. Add in oil and yogurt and mix well.

Second, mash bananas using a fork and add them to the mixture.

Third, Whisk together the dry ingredients of flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Combine them with the wet mixture.

Fourth, fold in the chocolate chips and pour the batter into a loaf pan. Sprinkle the remaining chocolate chips on the top.

Finally, bake it for 45-50 minutes at 350F.

How To Store

Keep this olive oil banana bread at room temperature for a day and then put it in the refrigerator because it is really moist and will probably go bad if you keep it out of the refrigerator for more than a day.

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