Healthy Banana Apple Bread

5 from 5 vote

Apples and cinnamon add a cozy fall twist to this Apple Banana Bread. This easy quick bread recipe is a delicious way to welcome the fall season!

Prep Time10

Cook Time1

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: apples, bananas, quick bread

Servings: 9-5 loaf

Calories: 1309kcal

Author: Lora

1 cup mashed bananas about 3-4 very ripe
1 egg
¾ cup cane sugar or coconut sugar or white sugar
¼ cup coconut oil or whatever mild oil you like
2 cups of flour you could use ½ whole wheat or sub in gluten-free 1-1 flour to make GF
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
¼ milk I used unsweetened almond (use whatever nut or regular milk you like)
2 medium sized apples peeled, cored and chopped
Raw sugar (turbinado) to sprinkle on top

Preheat oven to 350°. Place a rack in the center of the oven. Line a 9 x 5 loaf pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray (or butter and flour the parchment paper) and set aside.
In a small bowl, mash the bananas. Mix the egg with the sugar and oil, and stir into the bananas.
In a separate large bowl, whisk together the flour, sea salt (regular salt is fine too), baking soda, baking powder, ground cinnamon and ground ginger.
Add the dry ingredients to the banana mixture. Stir in the milk (I used unsweetened almond milk).
Fold in the apple pieces.
Scrape batter into a 9 x 5-inch metal loaf pan coated with baking spray. Sprinkle on the turbinado sugar (if using).
Bake for 1/2 on hour at 350 then lower the heat to 325 and bake for about another 20-30 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Every oven is different. I like to lower heat halfway through baking time so that it doesn't bake up too quickly and brown too fast.

Baking times:

Full size loaf pan - about 55-60 minutes (mine is usually ready at 55 minutes...every oven is different. So check your loaf at about 55 mins).
3 mini loaf pans - about 25 to 35 minutes
muffins - about 20 minutes (may be 15 -25 depending on the size of your tins)