Sourdough Discard Banana Bread (with Extra Protein)
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 4-5 bananas, very ripe
- 1/2 cup sourdough discard
- 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup lentils, cooked
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 2 1/4 cups flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- In a mixing bowl combine butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Add eggs and bananas and mix well.
- Blend in sourdough discard, yogurt, and lentils, and vanilla.
- In a separate mixing bowl combine dry ingredients. Slowly stir into wet ingredient mixture.
- Grease two loaf pan with baking spray and divide mixture between the two.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow the bread to cool in the pan or 10 minutes and then flip out onto a cutting board and allow it to cool for another 10 minutes before slicing and smothering in butter.
Notes
This recipe can be baked as muffins too! It will yield 2 dozen. The only change is the bake time - they'll wrap up in about 25-30 minutes. Do the same toothpick test to check that they are done.