I woke up early this morning eager to bake a banana bread. I silently mashed bananas in my kitchen and watched the sunlight creep through the windows. I mean to be perfectly honest all I wanted to do was turn on Jay-Z’s 99 problems, sing loudly and change the lyrics to “I got 99 problems but BANANA BREAD AIN’T ONE!” Too bad my roommates were still sleeping or it totally would have happened.

Now that I think about it I’m kinda glad I didn’t as I can’t say that rapping is one of my talents. And if you don’t know who Jay-Z is then maybe we’ll just move on and talk about the real star here: Banana bread. With peaches. Annndddd cinnamon. A brown sugar topping too!

It just makes me feel all cozy and wonderful.

Since there are an abundance of peaches in August, I wanted to bring you a fun recipe. Of course peach pie is delicious and peach cobbler is amazing but those are classics, and I wanted to bake something a little creative to make you swoon. The answer happened to be staring right at me: ripe bananas on my kitchen counter! I don’t know, it’s like these bananas just beg me to be mashed into delicious breads or something. Or to be made into pie.

Either way I know that anytime there are ripe bananas around, magic is about to happen. Hehe.

Look at that crust on the top of the banana bread! No seriously, stare at it for a good minute.

The crust is simply perfectly golden brown and the result of sprinkling brown sugar on top before baking. The brown sugar caramelizes and hardens when baked then forms a nice crusty exterior for that superb crunchy topping.

Oh and the inside? So flavorful and moist! Plus who can feel guilty about this bread? Not me considering I already ate 3 slices.

This bread is downright sensational. The peaches add a juicy flavor and a gorgeous addition to the top. Of course the bananas are more prominent that the peaches flavorwise, but nevertheless the juicy bits of peaches surprise you with every bite and the cinnamon really makes the flavor pop.

I wanted to keep this bread lower in fat and calories so I used minimal butter, nonfat greek yogurt, and egg whites. I didn’t have any whole wheat flour in my cupboard, or I might have used some of that in the recipe instead of only using white flour.

Peach Banana Bread. Don’t miss out. I enjoyed mine with a drizzle of honey and a cup of hot coffee. Then I busted out the Jay-Z.

Low-fat Cinnamon Peach Banana Bread

 

Save Print

Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

60 mins

Total time

1 hour 10 mins

 

Succulent fresh summer peaches combine with a low-fat moist banana bread made with greek yogurt and a touch of cinnamon.

Author: Monique

Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour + 1 tablespoon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon, plus extra for dusting
• 3 bananas mashed
• 1 cup finely diced peaches (about 2 peaches), plus about 8-10 thin peach slices
• 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar, plus 2 tablespoons for topping
• 2 tablespoons butter, browned or melted (I love browned)
• 2 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup nonfat plain or vanilla greek yogurt

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch loaf pan.
2. In a medium mixing bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt together and set aside.
3. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together mashed bananas, butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar until well combined. Add vanilla and egg whites and whisk again until well combined. Whisk in diced peaches. Add in dry ingredients and yogurt alternatively, folding together well combined.
4. Pour batter into loaf pan. Top with thinly sliced peaches and sprinkle 2 tablespoons of brown sugar over the top. Dust lightly with cinnamon. Bake for 60-70 minutes, or toothpick comes out almost clean in center.
5. Cool for 10 minutes in pan, then remove from pan gently and transfer to wire rack. Cool completely. Cut into thick slices and enjoy!

Notes

Can replace some of the all purpose flour with whole wheat flour. Bread is better the next day. Best if drizzled with honey

3.1.05