Protein Banana Bread Recipe

Golden brown loaf of Protein Banana Bread in a parchment-lined baking pan, viewed from above.

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Protein Banana Bread Recipe

Prep Time15

Cook Time50

Course: Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: banana bread, cottage cheese, protein

Servings:

Author: Justine

Equipment

1 9x5 loaf pan
2 bowls
1 Spoon
1 Parchment paper

Ingredients

1 cup cottage cheese blended to smooth
2 large bananas brown, ripe, mashed
2 large eggs
1/3 cup butter melted and cooled
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line a 9x5" loaf pan with parchment paper.
In a blender or food processor pulse the cottage cheese until it is smooth. In a bowl mash the ripe bananas, then add your smooth cottage cheese, sugar, vanilla, eggs and melted (cooled) butter. Combine.
In another bowl combine dry ingredients and then slowly combine into your wet ingredients until combined. If you wanted to add 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips and/or crushed nuts you could do so now.
Pour batter into lined loaf pan and bake for 50-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly clean with moist crumbs attached. Allow to cool in pan for 5 minutes, lift out with sides of the paper and cool rest of the way on a cooling rack.

Notes

How to Add More Protein

You can use half cottage cheese listed with half high protein Greek yogurt to add more protein and/or add 1/2 scoop of protein powder into the dry ingredient bowl.

Best way to line a loaf pan with parchment paper

In order to get it to sit inside the pan and not want to pop out, crumple your piece up in a wad. Then undo the wad and press inside the pan, it will sit still better than if you leave it flat. This will make it easier to pour the batter in!

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