Nutty Banana Chocolate Chip Bread

Ingredients

• 0.75 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 0.75 cups whole wheat flour
• 0.25 cups milled flax seed
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.5 teaspoons ground cloves
• 0.25 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 0.5 cups butter , at room temperature
• 0.5 cups brown sugar
• 0.5 cups granular sucralose sweetener , such as Splenda®
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 0.5 cups nonfat plain yogurt
• 3 medium bananas , mashed
• 0.5 cups chopped walnuts
• 0.5 cups miniature semisweet chocolate chips , Optional
• 1 tablespoon chopped walnuts
• 1 tablespoon miniature semisweet chocolate chips , Optional

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.

2. 2

   Mix all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, flax seed, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg in a bowl. Beat butter, brown sugar, and sucralose sweetener in another bowl until light and fluffy. Beat eggs, vanilla extract, and lemon juice into butter mixture until well combined.

3. 3

   Stir flour mixture into butter mixture until smooth. Add yogurt, bananas, 1/2 cup walnuts, and 1/2 cup chocolate chips, stirring until batter is just blended. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle remaining 1 tablespoon walnuts and 1 tablespoon chocolate chips on top of batter.

4. 4

   Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 70 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.