This yummy low-carb banana bread takes less than an hour to make and is packed with banana, toasted nuts, and warm spices.
A lot of keto-friendly baked goods end up dry, but this banana bread has a light crumb and rich flavor — and best of all, it’s grain-free, paleo, and has a net carb count of just 3 grams per slice, which makes it perfect for a keto diet.
Banana bread is usually high in carbs, thanks to sugar, maple syrup, refined flour — and, of course, the bananas.
A single medium banana has about 24 grams of carbs and 14 grams of sugar, and most banana bread recipes call for several bananas. The fruit alone is enough to kick you out of ketosis.
So how do you make sugar-free banana bread if you can’t use bananas?
The answer is banana extract — an all-natural way to add banana flavor without any carbs or sugar.
Make sure you get banana extract that’s made from real bananas, and not artificial banana flavoring, which is filled with junk and will give your low-carb bread a strange fake banana taste.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup almond flour
- ½ cup coconut flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon xanthan gum ****
- 2 scoops Keto Body Collagen
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 2 tablespoons– ¼ cup monk fruit sweetener, erythritol, or Swerve
- 4 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons banana extract (or ¼ ripe banana)
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter or coconut oil, melted
- 1 teaspoon non-alcoholic vanilla flavoring or vanilla extract
- ¼ cup unsweetened almond milk
- ½ cup crushed walnuts or pecans
- Keto-friendly chocolate chips (optional*)
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat the oven to 180 C.
- In a large bowl, mix together the first 8 ingredients, until well-combined.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the eggs, banana extract, butter, vanilla flavoring, and almond milk.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix to combine.
- Fold in the walnuts, reserving some for topping.
- Pour batter into a loaf pan lined with parchment paper, and top with remaining walnuts and optional chocolate chips, and bake for 40-50 minutes. To test for doneness, insert a toothpick in the center of the bread; if it comes out clean, your banana bread is ready.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 piece
- Calories: 165
- Fat: 13 g
- Carbohydrates: 6g (Net: 3g)
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 6g
