Ava's Healthy Breakfast loaf (naturally sweetened)
November 6, 2016
: Approx 15 Slices
: 10 min
: 40 min
: 50 min
: Easy
Ava's Breakfast Loaf' (no sugar, no salt, no sweeteners, all natural ingredients and suitable for 6m+) Recipe requested by followers!! Couldn’t live without this loaf! I bake it once a fortnight and freeze individual slices, and take out a slice in the morning and put it in the toaster to defrost or leave out the night before. Bub loves it. We either eat it at home for her breakfast or if i am going out to meet a friend for breakfast i toast (defrost) it for her in the toaster and place a couple of slices in a zip bag and bring it out with us in a cooler bag with her water. Loaf tin is: 900g/2 lb loaf tin. Dimensions may vary slightly but should be approximately 23 x 13 x 7 cm (9 x 5 1/2 x 3 inches).
Ingredients
- 3 bananas (over ripe the better!)
- 2 cups (which is a total of 250 grams) of wholemeal/wholewheat self-raising flour
- 1/2 cup of desiccated/shredded coconut
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons of greek full fat yogurt (heap)
- 1/2 cup of sultanas (or can use 3/4 cup fresh OR frozen blueberries or raspberries)
- 1 tablespoon of mixed spices (or just cinnamon)
- *Optional: add 2 tablespoon of poppy seeds OR Chia seeds (iron booster) OR pumpkin OR sunflower seeds!
- Note: if you want a sweeter loaf for bub/mum or dad, add more sultanas OR fresh berries into the loaf mixture. But the loaf is sweet enough! For bubs with allergies or intolerances: feel free to use coconut yogurt instead of greek yogurt OR use oat flour instead of wheat flour, OR instead of egg use FLAXegg 🙂
Directions
- Step 1 Preheat oven 170 degrees celsius
- Step 2 In a large bowl combine wet ingredients first then add in the dry ingredients and mix them together (shhhh Secret – don’t over mix!)
- Step 3 Once all combined and looks like a cake mixture
- Step 4 Pour all ingredients into a prepared loaf tray (lined with baking paper, Loaf tin is: 2Lb tin)
- Step 5 Place tray in the middle of the oven for approx 40min.
- Step 6 Once centre of loaf is cooked (test with a wooden skewer), remove the loaf from the oven and leave the loaf to continue to cook in the tin for 5 minutes. Immediately remove the loaf from tin (so the loaf doesn’t get soggy) and place on a wired rack til it’s ‘completely cool’. Then once complete cool, slice up and freeze individual slices (lay flat) separately in zip bags (see picture below). Enjoy lovely mums and dads! This was a secret recipe of mine but it’s my lifesaver when it comes to breakfast that I want to share it with you all, it will save u time! And thinking what to pack when heading out or staying in for breakfast!
- Step 7 Note:Â Overripe bananas are the key to a tastier loaf. They will be easier to mash, sweeter and more flavoursome. They have so much natural sweetness with no added sugar!
- Step 8 Note: also a great way to introduce a bit of egg if you haven’t done so already.
Just made this loaf yesterday. What a great recipe!! We left out the sultanas and it was still sweet enough for us. I think this will become something I make regularly as it is easy and we already had almost all the ingredients in our panty/fridge. I also love how convenient it is to grab a slice when we are going out and there is minimal mess! Thank you so much for sharing this delicious recipe!!
Great to hear Jaide! I hope bub is still enjoying it. We sure are ?
Hi
How long can this be kept frozen?
A whole frozen loaf (that is in slices) takes us about a month to get through or even less. I would say that it can be frozen for 2-3 months.
I would say up to 3months. Some would do a little longer but we generally eat it within 1month and then make another one hehe ??
If you made it using a mini loaves tin, would you reduce the cooking time? Can’t wait to make it! x
Yes I would maybe check on the after 20min?
Can greek yoghurt be substituted with something else?
You could try ‘whole full fat milk’ or ‘water and lemon juice’, give it a go and let us know how you go.
How many grams of flour is 1.5 cups?
Thanks a lot! I made it this morning and my boy loved it! I substituted sultanas for cranberries and it worked out great too.
Great to hear! X
I’ve tried making this now twice, but it doesn’t seem to cook…it’s so gooey. I’m using the self-raising flour and measuring ingredients accurately. Anyone else have this problem? I feel like 170 degrees just isn’t hot enough.
that is strange… 170 degrees Celsius?
Too funny…I just posted yesterday on the other breakfast loaf recipe that I was cooking it at 170 degrees Fahrenheit…it hit me when I was reading another recipe of yours and it said Celsius!!! Silly mama moment for me LOL thanks for all your tips…they are wonderful
Haha no worries x well done mumma ?
How well does this travel? Meaning, if I need to fly, can I leave it out of the refrigerator for a fair amount of time without it going bad?
Yes just wrap it up and put a couple slices in a cooler bag! We always pack this for long haul flights, I even pack a couple slices for me ?for a healthy snack on the flight. All the best on the flight with bub! X
What can I substitute desiccated coconut with? And will plain flour work instead of self-raising? If yes, do I add the same amount?
Just don’t add the coconut if you don’t want to. If you use plain flour you will need to add a little (1/2 tsp) baking soda ?
Hi,
Can I substitute the wholemeal flour to oat flour?
Sure can!
So delicious!!!
Would you keep this loaf in the fridge or airtight container at room temperature?
Depends how quickly your family and BLWer eats it. We generally freeze into slices then I put a frozen slice into the toaster if I was to defrost there and then.
Or we leave in a airtight container if we were to eat it that week ? x
I’ve seen you say this travels well. Any ideas on how long? I’m looking at train in the late afternoon, overnight in a hotel (no fridge), and then the transatlantic flight. I’m not sure if that’s pushing it or not. I know I wouldn’t hesitate eating a baked good that’s been out that long, but when it comes to my son who’ll be 8 months old at the time…
Should be fine! I would do it ? I would put it in a cooler bag and airtight container x
Hi, can I use Apple instead of banana, coconut yoghurt instead of Greek yoghurt? My little one unfortunately is allergic to banana…
Yes Apple sauce will do the job and coconut yogurt! Let me know how u go? X
I made this earlier and it was really gooey inside but cooked outside,I left it to cook loads longer than it said, do you have any idea why? I’ve made it before and it turned out great☺
Too much banana? Are you using degrees Celsius?
Are your cooking temperatures conventional oven or fan oven please?
Conventional oven x
I’ve made this loaf 5x now and my 9 month old daughter, toddler and husband all love it! Delicious fresh and so convenient to grab a slice out the freezer and whack it in the toaster too!!
so great to hear!
yes this is a staple in our house as well x
Hi. May i know any diffence if I use natural yogurt instead of greek yogurt?
Thank you!
No real difference in the recipe x
This recipe is so easy and full of healthy ingredients and my 18 mth old son loves it so much!This is one of the many amazing recipes of yours! Thank you for sharing!!
oh great to hear!! yes we love this loaf as well. x
Excited to try this! Just starting on BLW now- do you need to cut up a slice of this bread for the little one, or do you just hand them the whole slice?
6-8 months old u can offer in adult pinky sized strips. From 8-12 months can offer into 2cm small pieces to practice pincer grip. From 12 months can offer the whole thing or any of the above x