Ingredients

The following ingredients have 10 Servings
  • 1 cup white whole wheat flour, plus more for dusting pan
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup mashed bananas
  • 1 cup chopped pitted soft dates
  • ½ cup organic canola oil or avocado oil
  • ¼ cup pure maple syrup, dark or amber
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • ¾ cup chopped walnuts, divided

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat an 8 ½-inch Pyrex or ceramic loaf pan with cooking spray and dust with flour. Tap out excess flour and set aside.
  • Whisk white whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl.
  • Stir eggs, bananas, dates, oil, maple syrup and vanilla in a large bowl. Add dry ingredients and stir to combine. Add ½ cup walnuts and stir to combine. Spread batter in the prepared pan. Sprinkle the remaining ¼ cup walnuts over the top.
  • Bake bread until domed and deeply browned and a wooden skewer comes out with moist crumbs attached, 48 to 55 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes. Turn out of pan and let cool on wire rack until slightly warm or room temp before slicing and serving. Store wrapped at room temperature.