Whole Banana Bread
Delectable, chocolate-studded bakery-style banana bread with a crisp banana peel oat streusel.
Ripe banana, pockets of melted Shine Bake, and banana peel streusel adds unexpectedly delicious and impactful experience that has texture, depth, and a new way to experience a classic baked good.
Yield: 1 standard loaf pan or 12 standard muffins
Banana Bread Ingredients:
Dry Ingredients
200g All Purpose Flour
5g (1 tsp) Baking Soda
3g (½ tsp) Baking Powder
3g (½ tsp) Fine Sea Salt
3g (1 tsp) Ground Cinnamon(optional)
Wet Ingredients
200g Very ripe bananas, mashed
120g Brown sugar
2 Large eggs
75g Unsalted butter, melted
45g Plain yogurt or sour cream
5g (1 tsp) Vanilla extract
Chocolate
180g Shine Bake, chopped
(DRK and LYT are our favorite choice for this recipe)
Banana Peel Streusel Ingredients:
2 Banana peels
60g Rolled oats
60g Brown sugar
50g Cold butter, cubed
40g All-purpose flour
1g Salt
1g Cinnamon(optional)
15g Sesame seeds (optional)
15g Turbinado sugar (optional)
Banana Peel Streusel Method:
1. Prepare the Banana Peels
Gather all of your ingredients
Wash bananas thoroughly before peeling.
Remove any fibrous stem ends.
Boil peels in lightly salted water for 5 minutes.
Drain and cool slightly.
2. Process the Peels
Finely chop the peels or pulse briefly in a food processor until they resemble a coarse paste.
3. Make the Streusel
In a mixing bowl combine:
oats
flour
brown sugar
salt
cinnamon
add in optional ingredients at this time
Add cold butter and rub together with fingertips until sandy and clumpy.
Fold in chopped banana peel.
Refrigerate while preparing muffin batter.
Banana Bread Method:
1. Preheat & Prep
Preheat oven to 350°F / 175°C
Gather all of your ingredients
Lightly grease a standard size loaf pan with butter, or a cooking spray of your choice or Line a 12-cup muffin tin
2. Combine Dry Ingredients
In a medium bowl whisk together:
High Purpose Flour
baking soda
baking powder
salt
cinnamon
Set aside.
3. Combine Wet Ingredients
For best results use room temperature bananas and yogurt
In a large bowl:
Mash bananas until mostly smooth
Whisk in brown sugar to mashed bananas
Add eggs one at a time too the banana mixture
Stream in melted butter
Mix in yogurt and vanilla extract
4. Fold Batter
Add dry ingredients into wet.
Fold gently until almost combined.
Do not overmix.
Fold in chopped chunks of Shine Bake
The batter should look thick and slightly rustic.
5. Portion + Top
Fill a standard sized loaf pan or muffin cups about 85% full
6. Apply Streusel to Top
Once Loaf is full or muffin batter is portioned:
Generously scatter streusel over the tops
Lightly press some larger chunks into the batter
Leave some loose for crispy texture
You want a fully covered with an uneven texture and visible clusters
Optional:
Add a few extra pieces of Shine Bake on top.
7. Bake—Cool—Indulge
Bake at:
350°F / 175°C for 20–24 minutes
Until:
tops are golden
streusel is crisp
a cake tester comes out mostly clean
Allow muffins to cool:
5 minutes in pan, then move to wire rack
Enjoy!
Best served slightly warm and with cultured butter.
Shine Bake DRK is born from upcycled coffee & rice — crafted for a deeply indulgent, richly satisfying experience. Shine Bake DRK is designed for baking, melting, and making something worth sharing.
By choosing Shine, you’re reducing reliance on the cacao industry & shedding light on what’s overlooked.
The world changes one small choice at a time. Make yours delicious.
Shine LYT is born from upcycled coffee & rice — crafted for a decadently satisfying, silky smooth experience. Shine Bake LYT is designed for baking, melting, and making something worth sharing.
By choosing Shine, you’re reducing reliance on the cacao industry & shedding light on what’s overlooked.
The world changes one small choice at a time. Make yours delicious.