Author Notes: This recipe is adapted from Heidi Swanson’s blog 101 Cookbooks. The brown sugar-lemon glaze is killer & pairs perfectly with the moist, dense bread. —we eat. happy.
Makes: 1 loaf
Ingredients
The Bread
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1
cup all-purpose flour
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1
cup whole wheat flour
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3/4
teaspoon baking soda
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1/2
teaspoon sea salt
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2
free-range eggs
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3/4
cup light brown sugar
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1/3
cup olive oil
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3
ripe bananas, mashed
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1/4
cup plain Greek yogurt
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1
teaspoon vanilla
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1
teaspoon lemon zest
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1
cup chopped or slivered almonds
The Glaze
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1/2
cup light brown sugar
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1/2
cup icing sugar
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the juice of 1 lemon
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease & flour a loaf or bunt pan. Sift together dry ingredients in a medium sized bowl.
- Beat together the eggs, sugar & olive oil until thoroughly combined. Add the bananas, yogurt, vanilla & lemon zest. Gently fold in the almonds.
- Pour into the greased pan & bake for 50 minutes. It is okay if the bread is still a little moist in the middle. Let cool on a rack for 10 minutes.
- in a small bowl, mix the glaze ingredients together. Remove the bread from the pan & spread on the glaze.