High Protein Banana Bread

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Ingredients

  • 1 serving nonstick cooking spray

  • 1 ¼ cups oat flour

  • ½ cup white sugar

  • ½ cup chopped walnuts

  • 2 scoops chocolate protein powder (such as Premier Protein®)

  • 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon

  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder

  • ½ teaspoon baking soda

  • 3 overripe bananas, mashed

  • ½ cup unsweetened applesauce

  • ¼ cup milk

  • 2 large egg whites

  • 3 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.

  2. Mix together oat flour, sugar, walnuts, protein powder, cinnamon, baking powder, and baking soda in a medium bowl.

  3. Mix together mashed bananas, applesauce, milk, egg whites, and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Slowly add flour mixture to banana mixture; stirring until just combined. Transfer batter into the prepared loaf pan.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until top of bread springs back when lightly pressed and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.