Lunch: Apple Cinnamon Banana Bread

Kick up a classic quick bread with a recipe for the best banana bread loaded with fresh apples and cinnamon.

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Cinnamon, Apples

Health and fertility benefits of Apple Cinnamon Banana Bread

Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060). Apples will improve your body's sensitivity to insulin (Reference: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/27/1/281.full)

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 Tablespoon all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups mashed ripe, darkly speckled bananas
1/4 cup buttermilk
2 large eggs
6 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups small diced (peeled) Granny Smith apples
2 Tablespoons sanding sugar (optional)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Line a 9-inch loaf pan with parchment paper then grease the parchment paper with cooking spray.
In a large bowl, whisk together 2 cups of flour with the sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set the bowl aside.
In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the mashed bananas, buttermilk, eggs, melted butter and vanilla extract.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir just until combined.
In a small bowl, combine the diced apples with 1 Tablespoon flour, tossing until they’re thoroughly coated. Fold in the diced apples then pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle the top liberally with sanding sugar (optional).
Bake the bread for about 55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove the bread from the oven and allow it to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring the loaf to a cooling rack to cool completely.

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