These high-protein chocolate pancakes are packed with wholesome ingredients like banana, rolled oats, chocolate protein powder, and cocoa nibs. Naturally sweetened with maple syrup and flavored with cinnamon and nut butter, they’re the perfect guilt-free chocolate breakfast you’ll want to make on repeat.

Why These Are the Best Healthy Chocolate Pancakes Ever

• Made with clean, whole ingredients
• Gluten-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free
• Loaded with protein, fiber, and healthy fats
• Super filling – perfect for post-workout or busy mornings
• Kid-friendly and meal-prep friendly

Whether you’re looking for healthy chocolate pancakes for weight loss, protein chocolate pancakes, or just a delicious way to use up that ripe banana, this recipe checks all the boxes!

Ingredients You’ll Need

• 1 ripe banana
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 2 eggs
• 1 scoop chocolate protein powder
• 1/4 cup cocoa nibs
• 1 tbsp almond butter (or any nut butter)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 3 tsp chia seeds
• 1 tbsp maple syrup
• 1 tsp cinnamon

How to Make Healthy Chocolate Pancakes (Quick & Easy)

1. Blend all ingredients in a high-speed blender until smooth. Let the batter rest for 5 minutes to thicken (thanks to the chia seeds!).
2. Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat. Lightly grease with coconut oil or cooking spray.
3. Pour about 1/4 cup of batter onto the pan for each pancake.
4. Cook 2–3 minutes per side, until bubbles form and edges look set. Flip and cook another 1–2 minutes.
5. Stack, top, and enjoy!

Topping Ideas for Extra Deliciousness

• Fresh berries or banana slices
• A drizzle of almond butter or melted dark chocolate
• Greek yogurt or coconut yogurt
• A sprinkle of extra cocoa nibs or chia seeds
• Sugar-free syrup or honey

Why You’ll Love This Clean Eating Pancake Recipe

These banana oat chocolate protein pancakes are more than just tasty – they’re a powerhouse breakfast. The combination of complex carbs (from oats), healthy fats (from nut butter & chia), and lean protein (from eggs and protein powder) will keep you full and fueled for hours.

No white flour, no added sugar, and no regrets.

Make-Ahead & Meal Prep Tips

• Double the recipe and store extras in the fridge for up to 3 days.
• Freeze pancakes between parchment paper for a grab-and-go breakfast.
• Reheat in a toaster or skillet for best texture.

Final Thoughts

If you’re craving a healthy breakfast that feels like a treat, these best healthy chocolate pancakes with oats and bananawill hit the spot every time. They’re fast, nourishing, and taste like chocolate cake – without any of the junk.

Make them this weekend, and thank yourself all week long.

If you’re craving a healthy breakfast that feels like a treat, these best healthy chocolate pancakes with oats, banana, and protein powder will absolutely deliver. They’re quick to make, naturally sweet, full of nourishing ingredients, and taste like rich, chocolatey indulgence — all while being totally good for you.

Whether you’re fueling up after a workout, feeding the family, or just treating yourself to a better-for-you brunch, this recipe fits the bill. Once you try it, you’ll want to make it part of your weekly rotation!

We’d love to see your delicious pancake stacks — if you make this recipe, be sure to tag us on Instagram @twosisterslivinglife so we can share your creations with our healthy foodie community!

Stay healthy, stay happy, and keep flipping those pancakes!

Love, Antonia

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The Ingredients:

Active dry yeast: I’m using dry yeast, which can be mixed without preparing the other ingredients. However, it can be substituted for 20g of fresh yeast.

Egg yolks: the egg yolks are added at room temperature and make the dough fluffy and moist.

Milk: The milk has to be warm (about 37°C or 98,6°F). Use a kitchen thermometer. If the milk is too hot, it destroys the yeast’s activity. Please use whole milk; anything with less fat is like water.

Butter: When mixed into the dough, the butter has to be softened and at room temperature. Butter is life. That’s why I just love baking with brioche dough.

Flour: For this recipe, I’m using bread flour, which, because of the increased protein, adds more texture to the cinnamon brioche buns. If you don’t have bread flour, you can use pizza flour or simple all-purpose flour.

Pinch of salt: I’m always working with unsalted flour, so I’m adding 1/4 tsp salt to the dough. AND… salted butter isn’t very common in Austria, and there is only one brand that sells salted butter. 

Browned butter for the frosting: I’m using browned butter for the filling because it’s so much more flavorful. If you don’t want to make brown butter, you can simply use softened butter. But the brown butter is worth that extra work.

Fresh orange zest and orange juice: The fresh orange zest is added to the dough and to the cream cheese glaze. It’s blood orange season right now, so I’m using freshly squeezed blood orange juice in the glaze. Be sure that your oranges are organic.

Vanilla pod: You can’t beat freshly scraped vanilla seeds. Don’t throw away the scraped pod; stick it into a jar with sugar and make vanilla sugar.

Cinnamon: Make sure that the ground cinnamon is fresh and not expired.

Cream Cheese: There are many brands out there. Make sure to buy cream cheese that isn’t too soft. I prefer to buy Philadelphia.

See the recipe card for a full list of ingredients.

How to make soft and buttery cinnamon brioche rolls with vanilla and orange cream cheese frosting.

The enriched dough:

• Firstly, I start mixing the warm milk, sugar, and yeast together in a bowl of a stand mixer with the dough hook attached at a low speed.
• Then I add the egg yolks, butter, salt, orange zest, and 3/4 of the flour and knead for about 6-7 minutes at medium speed to develop the gluten. It will be a sticky dough at first, but no worries—that’s totally fine.
• At last I add the rest of the flour and knead for 5 more minutes.
• The dough is ready when it’s not sticking any longer to the sides of the bowl and you can stretch a little bit of the dough with wet fingers until see through.
• With the help of the bench scraper transfer the dough into an oiled large bowl and cover with plastic wrap . Now starts the first rise.

Very Important. Let the dough rest at a warm place for about 1 hour or double in time. Give the brioche dough time to rest. 

Assembling the dough and the filling into delicious brioche cinnamon buns.

• When the dough has doubled in size deflate it on a lightly floured surface.
• Form it into a large rectangular with the help of a rolling pin 30cm X 50cm (12inch X 20inch)
• Spread the filling evenly over the whole surface of the dough with the help of a rubber spatula or an offset spatula .
• Begin to roll the dough evenly into a tight log beginning from the long sight.
• Score the log into 12 equal pieces and cut them with unflavored dental floss or a twine and transfer them into a buttered baking pan leaving some space around each roll.
• Dust the the brioche cinnamon rolls lightly with flour and cover loosely with plastic wrap again.

Now you have 2 baking Options.

Option 1: make the rolls and bake at the same day.

If you want to make and bake these delicious brioche cinnamon rolls all in one day then let the cut cinnamon rolls rise a second time for about 45 minutes or until doubled in size and puffy .

After that second rising in the baking pan I lightly pour some heavy cream on top and bake until golden brown.

While the rolls are baking and the house starts to smell like a bakery start with making the frosting.

When the rolls are baked and out of the oven smear the still warm cinnamon buns with the glaze.

Best enjoyed warm and with people you love .  

Option 2 : Overnight brioche cinnamon rolls

I love to prepare those rolls the night before . After cutting the rolls and transferring them into the baking pan I cover the rolls loosely with plastic wrap and transfer them into the fridge .

There the cinnamon rolls rise slower overnight and they develop more flavor this way.

The next morning I transfer the baking pan out of the fridge and leave the rolls for about 45 minutes at warm draft free place.

When the rolls warmed up to room temperature I pour some cream of them and bake and frost them afterwards like I would have done when baking at the same day.

This Option is ideal when you have guests or family you want to surprise with an extra special Breakfast treat. I love to make them for Christmas morning or when it’s someones birthday.

What I love about these gooey buttery homemade cinnamon rolls.

• Firstly cinnamon is one of my favorite seasonings. I could add cinnamon to ALMOST everything. Cinnamon always reminds me of my childhood . My mom and I used to craft Christmas ornaments including cinnamon sticks.
• The dough is absolutely perfect in flavor and texture .Fluffy and buttery. Especially with the added orange zest.
• Nobody ever said to me that they don’t like cinnamon rolls. Everybody loves them und you can’t ever go wrong with these baked goods.
• The recipe is easy to follow along and it only takes 20 minutes of prepping time.

Substitutions.

Fresh yeast instead of instant yeast or dry yeast: It’s really no problem to use fresh yeast but there is one more added step at the beginning. Start with mixing the fresh yeast, warm milk and sugar together in small bowl . Cover loosely and let it stand until the yeast mixture gets foamy and starts to rise.

Orange glaze instead of Vanilla Orange cream cheese glaze: If you simply prefer a lighter more runny glaze instead of a cream cheese frosting jus mix together a little bit of fresh orange juice and enough powdered sugar until its your kind of thick glaze.

Vanilla extract instead of fresh scraped vanilla seeds: If you don’t have a vanilla pod at hand than of course you can use 1 tbsp of vanilla extract instead.

If you don’t tolerate milk products substitute the butter and heavy cream for a plant based option. You can substitute the milk for a plant based milk as well nut make sure that it’s a barista plant based milk. These products are thicker in texture and more similar to full fat milk.

Tips for making this recipe:

• If the yeast dough isn’t rising at all even after 1 1/2 hours of resting time throw the dough away and start anew. Take a lookout your yeast and make sure that the yeast is not expired.
• Time ! Let dough do it’s thing and give him the time it needs for doubling in size. This is important for the first rise and the second rise.
• Before cutting the log into rolls cut 1 cm off the ends with a serrated knife and discard. This way you make sure that all buns are equally even in size.
• Use a kitchen scale: I always write my ingredients in metrics. All the ingredients are exactly measured which is very important when making any kind of bread.

Storage:

Store the buns in an airtight container in your fridge. Reheat the rolls as needed in your microwave for a couple of seconds.

Freeze option:

The brioche cinnamon rolls can be frozen right after the log gets cut into even rolls. For that place the unbaked rolls on a plate and quick frost them for 45 minutes. After that transfer them into plastic logs and freeze for up to 6 months.

Thaw them before baking.

You will fall in love with these fluffy buttery brioche rolls immediately, promised ! Did you make this recipe? Let me know and tag me on Instagram. Or leave me some kind words and a star rating. I will be always thankful for that

Warm hugs Nina 

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Soft Buttery Brioche Cinnamon Rolls (overnight option)

5 from 34 votes

Recipe by Nina Course: Breakfast, DessertCuisine: American

Servings

12

Prep time

20

minutes

Cooking time

30

minutes

Calories

611

kcal

resting time

1

hour 

30

minutes

Total time

2

hours 

20

minutes

This recipe for super soft buttery cinnamon brioche rolls smothered in tangy vanilla orange cream cheese frosting is the only cinnamon roll recipe you will ever need. It has an overnight baking option too.

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Ingredients

• Soft Brioche Cinnamon rolls

• 7 g 7 dry active yeast or 20g fresh yeast

• 350 ml 350 milk warm 37°C

• 60 g 60 sugar

• 680 g 680 white bread flour or all purpose flour

• 3 3 egg yolks room temperature

• 60 g 60 butter melted

• 1 tbsp 1 orange zest zest from 1 orange

• 50 ml 50 heavy cream

• Brown butter Cinnamon sugar filling

• 225 g 225 brown sugar

• 2 tbsp 2 ground cinnamon

• 140 g 140 butter if you don't brown your butter you'll only need 120g butter softened.

• 1 tsp 1 vanilla sugar

• Vanilla Orange Cream Cheese frosting

• 180g g 180g Cream Cheese

• 50 g 50 Butter softened

• 1 1 Vanilla pod seeds of 1 vanilla pod, or use 1 tbsp vanilla sugar or 1 1/2 tsp vanilla flavor

• Orange Zest and juice from 1 medium sized organic from 1 orange

• 180 g 180 white sugar

Directions

• Start with browning the butter, this way it can solidify until you need it for the cinnamon brown sugar filling-
• sof butter brioche dough recipe
• Firstly start to mix the warm milk, sugar, and yeast together in a bowl of a stand mixer with the dough hook attached on low speed
• Then add the egg yolks, butter, salt, orange zest and 3/4 of the flour and knead for about 6-7 minutes at medium speed . It will be a sticky dough at first but no worries thats totally fine.
• At last add the rest of the flour and knead for 5 more minutes. Start mixing on low until the flour is absorbed, then mix on medium high for another minute.
• The dough is ready when it’s not sticking any longer to the sides of the bowl and you can stretch a little bit of the dough with wet fingers until see through.
• With the help of the bench scraper transfer the dough into an oiled large bowl and cover with plastic wrap .
• Let the dough rest at a warm place for about 1 hour or double in time
• When the dough has doubled in size deflate it on a lightly floured surface.
• Form it into a large rectangular with the help of a rolling pin 30cm X 50cm (12inch X 20inch)
• Spread the filling evenly over the whole surface of the dough with the help of a rubber spatula or an offset spatula .
• Begin to roll the dough evenly into a tight log beginning from the long sight.
• Score the log into 12 equal pieces and cut them with unflavored dental floss or a twine and transfer them into a buttered baking pan leaving some space around each roll.
• Dust the the brioche cinnamon rolls lightly with flour and cover loosely with plastic wrap again.
• Let the rolls rise for 45 more minutes.
• When the rolls has Rosen start preheating the oven.
• Preheat the oven to 170°Celsius fan (350°F)
• After that second rising in the baking pan lightly pour some heavy cream on top and bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
• While the rolls are baking and the house starts to smell like a bakery start with making the frosting.
• Brown butter cinnamon sugar filling
• in medium sized bowl mix together all the ingredients with the help of an electric mixer or your stand mixer with the whisk attached.
• Vanilla Orange cream cheese frosting
• While the cinnamon rolls bake, combine the ingredients in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment (or with a hand mixer) and beat until smooth and fluffy.
• Allow the cinnamon rolls to cool for about five minutes after removing them from the oven, then spread the cream cheese frosting evenly over the tops.
• Serve hot or warm.

Equipment

• stand mixer (1)
• Rolling Pin (1)
• offset spatula (1 )
• dough scraper (1)
• rubber spatula (1)

Nutrition Facts

• Calories: 611kcal
• Carbohydrates: 86g
• Protein: 9g
• Fat: 26g
• Saturated Fat: 16g
• Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g
• Monounsaturated Fat: 7g
• Trans Fat: 1g
• Cholesterol: 117mg
• Sodium: 203mg
• Potassium: 177mg
• Fiber: 2g
• Sugar: 41g
• Vitamin A: 903IU
• Vitamin C: 1mg
• Calcium: 104mg
• Iron: 3mg

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Brioche blueberry babka – overnight option.

If you’d like to serve it for breakfast please prepare it the day before and refrigerate the unbaked babka bread in the fridge until morning. Let the prepared loaf pan stand for 1 hour at a warm place so that the dough can come to room temperature.

Who is ready for the holidays to start ? I know there are a lot of people, like me and my kids, who already listen to Christmas music since the beginning of October. We are a little bit crazy but you know what ? I don’t care 😉 . If my kids are happy – I’m happy. And to every Christmas or holiday season a delicious filled babka bread or brioche is a breakfast recipe stable in our house.

Sweet braided bread recipes made especially for the holidays.

There exist a lot of babka recipes and brioche recipes out there but what is the difference between those 2 sweet bread doughs? Or are these the same? I will tell you the difference.

What is a babka?

Babka bread is a traditionally jewish sweet bread filled, twisted or braided. Very popular in jewish communities.

There are no specific informations about the dough. Only that it’s an enriched dough. So it could also be a brioche dough recipe. So why not use a delicious buttery brioche dough to make a more special and grant babka?

Traditionally babka is made from a doubled and twisted length of yeast dough and is typically baked in a high loaf pan. Instead of a fruit filling, the dough contains cinnamon and/or layers of chocolate. The babka is usually topped with streusel and is served during the jewish holidays.

Jewish immigrants brought this dish, also known as Krantz Cake from Eastern Europe to New York City where it became very popular at the beginning of 2010.

What is a brioche dough.

Brioche dough recipes are always lightly sweetened doughs. They contain almost as much butter and eggs as a buttery cake but have a very soft and airy texture instead of a cake crumb.

Important steps to know about the babka recipe.

• Always proof the yeast! The yeast needs to be dissolved in WARM (38°C) whole milk and 1 tbsp of sugar and loosely covered with a clean kitchen towel or plastic wrap. The yeast is proofed when the liquid becomes foamy and has a lot of air bubbles.
• Measure exactly! Measuring the ingredients is the most important rule ever.
• The dough needs to be kneaded for about 10 minutes! I know this sounds like much but it needs to be flexible.
• Let the dough rise for 1 hour, covered and in a warm place.
• Let the dough rise in a warm place . Cover the bowl loosely with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel.
• The babka bread needs enough time to rise! Thats very important! The brioche dough needs to be double in size before you can work with it again.

Important steps after the first rising of the brioche dough.

• After the first rising slap the dough onto a lightly floured surface for 3-4 times.
• Roll the dough into a rectangular 30×40 cm with the help of a rolling pin.
• Spread the blueberry jam on top of the dough surface in an even layer with an offset spatula .
• Roll the dough into a log starting from the long side.
• Chill the log for about 10 minutes in the fridge. It doesn’t get that messy when the filling is set.
• After the log has chilled in the fridge for 10 minutes or longer cut the rolled dough almost all the way trough with the help of a sharp knife.
• Twist both parts together with the open sides up
• Take the whole loaf and put it carefully into the with parchment paper prepared pan.
• Before you bake the babka it needs a second rising which will last almost as long as the first one.
• Let the dough rise in a warm place . Cover the bowl loosely with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel.
• If you don’t have enough time to cook a vanilla blueberry jam, use a store bought one for the filling.
• If the filling is too thin and very runny cook the jam until it’s reduced to 3/4 and has thickened . Let it cool completely before spreading onto the dough. 

How to store babka bread.

The best way to store your babka is in an airtight container and then put it into the fridge.

What to do with leftover-babka bread.

If it really happens that you have leftover-babka bread here are some breakfast recipes you could use it for:

• Bread pudding . Here is a link to a delicious leftover-babka bread pudding recipe from serious eats.
• French toast : eggs, little bit of heavy cream, cinnamon and vanilla sugar mixed together. Dunk the babka bread slices in the batter and fry it golden brown . Serve with lots of powdered sugar and a cup of coffee 😉.
• French Toast casserole

Other popular babka bread fillings:

• Cinnamon babka : brown sugar, unsalted butter and cinnamon – such a popular flavor . I don’t have a cinnamon babka recipes but a recipe for soft brioche cinnamon buns slathered in orange vanilla cream cheese glaze.
• chocolate flavors: white chocolate, dark chocolate or a hazelnut chocolate filling. Chocolate always makes for a good filling . Check out my recipe for Nutella bakba knots with a flavored simple syrup glaze.
• Another delicious flavor is : saffron brioche babka with strawberry coconut filling .

The holidays are always a special time for me. I want to enjoy them to the fullest with my kids. Good food definitely goes hand in hand with that special time. My deliciously filled babka is therefore the perfect special treat for special occasions. We all gather in the morning around our table and enjoy the smell of the freshly baked sweet yeasty babka.

This is my families favourite sweet bread recipe. I’m sure it will become a favourite in your house too.

warm vanilla blueberry hugs

Nina

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Note: Updated blog post. This was one of my first recipes back in 2019 it was time for an update 😉.

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Blueberry Babka aka filled Brioche with blueberry sauce

5 from 45 votes

Recipe by Nina Course: Bread, DessertCuisine: American, austrian, French

Servings

8

Prep time

2

hours 

Cooking time

30

minutes

Calories

503

kcal

This is an easy recipe for a blueberry babka which is also know as brioche filled with homemade blueberry-vanilla sauce. It's delicious fluffy and the filling takes this babka from good to fantastically delicious.

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Ingredients

• brioche dough

• 80 g 80 white sugar

• 20 g 20 freash yeast or 8g instant yeast

• 250 ml 250 Warm milk

• 80 g 80 butter

• 500 g 500 flour cake flour or all purpose

• 3 3 egg yolks Large at room temperature

• 1/2 tsp 1/2 salt

• 1 1 egg for egg wash

• blueberry vanilla sauce

• 300 g 300 blueberries fresh or frozen

• 200 g 200 sugar

• 1 tsp 1 vanilla

• 1 tbsp 1 balsamic vinegar

Directions

• Babka – brioche dough
• First dissolve the sugar into the warm milk. Milk should have about 37C° or 97F°.Add the fresh or dry yeast, stir, cover loosely with plastic wrap and let it stand for about 10 minutes or until foam and bubbles are buildingIn a medium mixing bowls sift the flour and the salt and incorporate the cold butter with a pastry cutter until everything is very fine in size.Add the egg yolks and the yeast mixture and mix with the hook attached on medium speed until not sticky any longer or knead everything with your hands. That's about 10-15 minutes.When the dough is not sticky any longer put it into an oiled bowl and cover it with plastic wrap. Let it rest at a warm place until the dough is doubled in size.That will be about 60-90 minutes depending on how warm the resting place is.When the dough is doubled in size put it onto your floured working surface and deflate the dough trough slapping it onto the surface 3-6 times.Prepare a deep loaf pan 30x12cm with butter and flour it out.
• Shape the dough loosely into a rectangular and roll it out. The longer side of the dough should be facing you.The dough should be about 1cm thick and 30×40 cm.Spread the filling onto the dough but leave 2 cm free on the long side facing you.Start rolling up the dough the end should be the long side where we didnt spread the filling.Put the log for fifteen minutes into th fridge so that the filling can firm up and it doesnt become such a mess.Remove from the fridge and use a knife to slice the log into two pieces but leave about 3 cm whole. Braid both strands by going over and under. Tuck the ends in and place it into the loaf pan.Let the dough raise one more time for about 45 minutes and brush the top with a lttle egg washPreheat the oven to 180°Celsius or 370°Fahrenheit and bake for about 45 minutesEnjoy.***Note if you let the Babka rest in the fridge overnight it need to rest another hour in the morning at a warm place to come to room temperature before baking.
• Homemade Vanilla Blueberry Sauce
• Put all ingredients into a small pan over medium heat and stir everything until it begins to cook.Let the sauce cook for about 10 minutes or until it thickens. Blend the sauce and let it cool completety.

Nutrition Facts

• Calories: 503kcal
• Carbohydrates: 90g
• Protein: 9g
• Fat: 12g
• Saturated Fat: 6g
• Cholesterol: 117mg
• Sodium: 239mg
• Potassium: 150mg
• Fiber: 3g
• Sugar: 40g
• Vitamin A: 428IU
• Vitamin C: 4mg
• Calcium: 47mg
• Iron: 3mg

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Healthy vegan pumpkin Banana bread – Sweetener and spices.

First of all I love, love, LOVE sweet treats, especially during the colder seasons. But…I can’t eat sugar loaded things every day . I already own “gentle” curves . Thats why I regularly have to come up with recipes that still taste great and satisfy my sweet tooth but aren’t loaded with unhealthy carbs and refined sugar.

How do I sweeten this recipe

• very ripe bananas – its a classic, right? Nothing is sweeter than almost dead bananas.
• Dates – It’s another great source to add sweetness to your recipes.
• Sugar crust: I have to be honest with you, this recipe has a sugar cinnamon crust. I added it because I have to sell that healthier pumpkin bread to my husband and kids. The crust contains 1-2 tbsp of brown sugar, cinnamon and pumpkin seeds. It makes this bread just a little bit more fancy and special and nobody will know that its healthy . The crust is optional of course.

The best way to use dates is to first soak them in hot water for 2 hours and afterwards train them and blend into a paste . This way you alway have a ready to use natural sweeter in your fridge. I pour the date paste into a glass with a screw lid and leave it in the fridge. If you aren’t baking on a regularly base you can freeze the paste in small badges and thaw it whenever you need it.

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Pumpkin banana bread – an easy way to make the pumpkin puree

The easiest way to transform your pumpkin into ready to use pumpkin puree is:

• Peel the pumpkin
• Cut into small pieces, moist it a little bit with water
• bake for 30 minutes or until tender at 350 degree in the oven.
• Blend (add a little bit water, if necessary) and can or freeze the puree for later use.
• Tadaaaaa. Easy, right?!?

Healthy details

• whole spelt flour : it provides several essential nutrients, such as iron, magnesium and zinc. It’s also an important source of carbs, protein and fiber.
• Pumpkins are incredibly healthy. they are rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.
• Bananas: They are a really health power horse.They contain fiber, potassium, folate, and antioxidants, such as vitamin C. All of these support heart health.
• Dates: dates are particular rich in vitamins A, B6 and K. Those vitamins promote bone growth and improve eye health.

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Looking for other healthy recipes? Here are my favorites:

• Healthy cheesecake recipe for 2
• Creamy wild nettle soup with garlic and spicy granola
• Healthy coconut chocolate chia seed pudding
• Healthy brownie bliss balls with tahini and cardamom
• Easy yellow Thai curry with sweet potatoes, asparagus and shrimps
• Whole grain carrot cake scones with honey lemon glaze
• Honey, quinoa, carrot & pear mini loafs

Lastly if you make this Healthy, low sugar pumpkin banana bread, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from yo guys and always to my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag us on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite .

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Warm Hugs Nina

The most delicious Healthy Vegan Pumpkin Banana Bread you ever made

5 from 14 votes

Recipe by Nina Course: afternoon treat, Bread, Breakfast, fall dessertCuisine: American

Servings

8

Prep time

30

minutes

Cooking time

1

hour 

Calories

262

kcal

Total time

1

hour 

30

minutes

This is a super easy moist and healthy recipe for a vegan low sugar Pumpkin Banana bread . It's sweetness comes from the ripe Bananas of course and from the added dates. The added spices makes this bread perfect for a little fall afternoon treat. I topped the bread with a cinnamon sugar crust made of 2 tbsp brown sugar mixed with coarsely ground pumpkin seeds and cinnamon. The only real sugar used in this recipe.

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Ingredients

• Dry ingredients

• 220 g 220 spelt flour I used whole meal spelt flour

• 1 pinch 1 salt

• 1 1/2 tsp 1 1/2 ground cinnamon

• 1/4 tsp 1/4 ground cardamom optional

• 1/4 tsp 1/4 ground nutmeg optional

• 1/4 tsp 1/4 ground piment optional

• 1 pinch 1 ground cloves optional

• 2 tsp 2 baking powder

• 1 tsp 1 baking soda

• Wet ingredients

• 3 3 bananas very ripe, almost dead

• 3 3 dates soaked in hot water for 2 hours and blended until its a paste.

• 100 g 100 pumpkin puree

• 80 g 80 butter vegan, melted. You can also use coconut oil melted.

• 3 tbsp 3 plant based milk

• Sugar crust, optional

• 2 tbsp 2 brown sugar

• 2 tbsp 2 pumpkin seeds chopped

• 1 tsp 1 cinnamon ground

• Optional add ins

• 1/2 cup 1/2 roasted pumpkin seeds or any other nuts you like

• 1/2 cup 1/2 86% dark chocolate

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 170 degree Celsius (340 degree Fahrenheit) and prepare a medium sized loaf pan with baking paper or oil it with coconut oil or vegan butter. (21cm x12cmx7cm).
• In a medium sized bowl mix together all the dry and set aside.
• In another medium sized bowl mix together all the wet ingredients together.
• Now mix together in a large bowl with a wooden spoon the wet and the dry ingredients. If the batter is to tense add another 1 or 2 tbsp plant based milk.
• Optional: Add in nuts and/or chocolate
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle the cinnamon sugar and pumpkin seeds on top.
• Bake the banana bread for 1 hour or until a wooden skewer comes out clean when inserted into the middle of the bread.
• Let cool completely before transferring the banana pumpkin bread onto a plate. Enjoy with some beaten cream .

Nutrition Facts

• Calories: 262kcal
• Carbohydrates: 38g
• Protein: 5g
• Fat: 11g
• Saturated Fat: 5g
• Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g
• Monounsaturated Fat: 3g
• Trans Fat: 0.3g
• Cholesterol: 22mg
• Sodium: 217mg
• Potassium: 333mg
• Fiber: 6g
• Sugar: 10g
• Vitamin A: 2226IU
• Vitamin C: 4mg
• Calcium: 69mg
• Iron: 2mg

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Nutella Babka

I love brioche doughs. Nothing can top a fluffy buttery enriched brioche dough but one which is deliciously filled and worked into a pretty babka ?. Babkas are my families favorite treat. I often bake them for the weekend, preparing them the day before and baking them in the morning. When the house smells sweet and deliciously of something freshly baked thats the best thing ever. Don’t you think??

What’s special about these Nutella brioche babka buns.

• This is the perfect treat for all Nutella Lovers out there
• The buns get glazed right after the baking with a very delicious flavored simple syrup. The flavors add so much warmness and complexity to the taste. And the glaze makes them moist too.
• They are perfect for the holidays as a special breakfast or brunch treat for guests and family.
• You can prepare the knots the evening before, leave them in the fridge and bake them in the morning .

What’s important about the babka recipe.

• First things first. Before you start with the measuring and baking please take 5 minutes and read the whole recipe very carefully. Rushing a recipe won’t do you any good.
• Measure all the ingredients with the help of a digital scale. Scales are your friend and are an appropriate method if you want consistent results.

• Avoid using substitutes and changing the recipe . In general, reducing sugar, replacing off, using gluten-free flour, using margarine instead of real butter etc. will all have an impact on baking these flavorful Nutella brioche babka buns.
• It’s important that you really knead that brioche dough for at least 10 minutes. Start out on low speed and when the ingredients come together increase to medium speed.
• This is basically a sweet kind of bread and therefore the gluten need time to develop and that process can only happen through kneading and giving the flour and yeast the time to ferment and rise. The dough needs to be shiny and elastic after the kneading.
• The easiest way to to make that brioche dough is with the help of an stand mixer with the dough hook attached.
• There are two alternatives for rising the dough: Quickly at room temperature in a warm place or slower in the fridge. I’m doing the first rising always at room temperature. This will take the dough about 1-2 hours.
• After that I’m filling and forming the Nutella brioche knots put them onto a baking sheet prepared with baking paper and enough space between the Nutella brioche babka knots
• I’m covering the baking sheet with plastic wrap or a clean kitchen towel and let it rise at a slow pace in the fridge overnight (at least 12hours)

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How to fill and shape these Nutella babka rolls.

1. Firstly part the dough into 8 equal parts on a lightly floured surface and shape them into little balls . While you make each Nutella babka knot cover the other dough balls loosely with a clean kitchen towel.
2. Now roll each ball into a rectangular about 12cm x 24cm (4,5 x 9 inch)and 3mm(0,15 inch) large wit the help of a rolling pin.
3. Spread the Nutella onto the dough with an offset spatula an even layer but leave 1 cm free on the long side facing you.
4. Start rolling the dough into a log. Beginning at the long edge that is covered with Nutella.
5. use a sharp knife to slice the log into two pieces but leave about 1,5cm whole.
6. Twist both strands together with the cut sides looking to you. Lay the strand onto the kitchen counter and roll it flat up into a bun. 
7. Repeat that process with all the other balls.
8. Cover the knots loosely with plastic wrap or kitchen towels.

How to store left over babka buns.

The best way to store them is in an airtight container in your fridge. They will be good for 2-3 days. Just warm them up a couple of seconds in your microwave.

Babka filling substitutions.

These are fillings that work great if you don’t like Nutella:

• Orange jam and dark chocolate chips ( I like bittersweet chocolate chips best)
• A filling made of brown sugar, unsalted butter and cinnamon
• Dark chocolate ganache makes a great chocolate filling too.
• Another popular flavor is blueberry jam

At last I just want you to know that these knots should be enjoyed and shared with the people you love and a delicious cup of coffee of course. It’s a special treat and will taste that much better when enjoyed in good company . If you make that recipe please say “Hi” and let me know how you liked it and give it a rating please. Don’t forget to tag us on Instagram. What I love the most is hearing from you.

Warm sticky Nutella Hugs, yours truly Nina

Are you looking for more winter mood food recipes? Maybe you would like to have a look at these deliciousnesses?.

• Sourdough baked Cinnamon apples cake
• Best roasted chicken with scrumptious cranberry tangerine glaze
• Fudgy sourdough chocolate cherry cake with salty walnut crust
• Homemade German Lebkuchen Syrup
• Babka bread filled with blueberry jam
• Cinnamon Brioche Rolls with pumpkin pecan filling
• Fairy Kisses – a unique Christmas cookie recipe

Winter flavored Nutella brioche babka buns

5 from 8 votes

Recipe by Nina Course: Breakfast, brunch, DessertCuisine: American, Scandinavian

Servings

8

buns

Prep time

30

minutes

Cooking time

25

minutes

Calories

516

kcal

Total time

2

hours 

55

minutes

These are super fluffy and soft brioche babka buns/knots filled with Nutella and chocolate. The special thing about these to die for treats are that spiced simple syrup which they got glazed with straight after baking. The simple syrup is flavored with vanilla, cinnamon and star anis. Those knots are that special something everyone needs during the cold months. All those warm flavors, lots of Nutella and chocolate combined into pretty little perfect brioche babka buns.

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Ingredients

• Brioche dough

• 80 g 80 honey

• 8 g 8 instant yeast or 20g fresh yeast

• 160 ml 160 milk warm 38°C

• 80 g 80 butter

• 500 g 500 flour cake flour or all purpose flour

• 3 3 egg yolks

• 1/2 tsp 1/2 salt

• 200 g 200 nutella more or less depending on your preferences

• 1 tbsp 1 brown sugar for sprinkling on top

• Winter flavored simple syrup for glazing

• 200 ml 200 water

• 150 g 150 white sugar

• 1 1 star anis whole

• 1/2 1/2 vanilla bean scratched seeds and bean

• 1/2 tsp 1/2 cinnamon

Directions

• Winter flavored simple syrup
• Put all the ingredinets into a small heavy bottom pan and cook for 20 minutes.
• Remove the star anis and vanilla bean. And let it cool.
• Brioche dough
• First dissolve the sugar into the warm milk. Milk should have about 37C° or 97F°.
• Add the fresh or dry yeast, stir, cover loosely with plastic wrap and let it stand for about 10 minutes or until foam and bubbles are building
• In a medium mixing bowls sift the flour and the salt and incorporate the cold butter with a pastry cutter until everything is very fine in size.
• Add the egg yolks and the yeast mixture and mix with the hook attached on medium speed until not sticky any longer or knead everything with your hands. That's about 10-15 minutes or with the help of your kitchenaid wit hthe hook attached for about 7 min.
• When the dough is not sticky any longer put it into an oiled bowl and cover it with plastic wrap. Let it rest at a warm place until the dough is doubled in size.That will be about 60 min-90 minutes depending on how warm the resting place is.
• When the dough is doubled in size put it onto your floured working surface and deflate the dough through slapping it onto the surface 3-6 times.
• Part the dough into 8 equal parts and shape them into little balls . While you make each nutella babka knot cover the dough balls loosely with a kitchen towel.
• Now roll each ball into a rectangular about 12cm x 24cm (4,5 x 9 inch)and 3mm(0,15 inch) thick.
• Spread the Nutella onto the dough but leave 1 cm free on the long side acing you.
• Start rolling the dough into a log. Beginning at the one lenght side where the edge is covered with nutella too .
• use a knife to slice the log into two pieces but leave about 1,5cm whole.
• Twist both strands together. Lay the strand onto the kitchen counter and roll it flat up into a bun.
• Repeat that process with all the other balls.
• Put the babka buns onto 1 or 2 oven trays covered with baking sheets. Cover losely with a damp kitchen towl or a plastic wrap and let it rise for anoter 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 180°C (370°F) .
• After the babka knots are almost doubled in size sprinkle with brown sugar adn bake for about 20 minutes or until golden brown, depending on your oven.
• When the babka rolls are done baking, remove from the oven and brush them imeadiately with the simple syrup.
• Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts

• Calories: 516kcal
• Carbohydrates: 76g
• Protein: 10g
• Fat: 19g
• Saturated Fat: 13g
• Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g
• Monounsaturated Fat: 3g
• Trans Fat: 1g
• Cholesterol: 97mg
• Sodium: 244mg
• Potassium: 232mg
• Fiber: 3g
• Sugar: 26g
• Vitamin A: 381IU
• Vitamin C: 1mg
• Calcium: 82mg
• Iron: 4mg

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Winter flavored Nutella brioche babka buns

5 from 8 votes

Recipe by Nina Course: Breakfast, brunch, DessertCuisine: American, Scandinavian

Servings

8

buns

Prep time

30

minutes

Cooking time

25

minutes

Calories

516

kcal

Total time

2

hours 

55

minutes

These are super fluffy and soft brioche babka buns/knots filled with Nutella and chocolate. The special thing about these to die for treats are that spiced simple syrup which they got glazed with straight after baking. The simple syrup is flavored with vanilla, cinnamon and star anis. Those knots are that special something everyone needs during the cold months. All those warm flavors, lots of Nutella and chocolate combined into pretty little perfect brioche babka buns.

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Ingredients

• Brioche dough

• 80 g 80 honey

• 8 g 8 instant yeast or 20g fresh yeast

• 160 ml 160 milk warm 38°C

• 80 g 80 butter

• 500 g 500 flour cake flour or all purpose flour

• 3 3 egg yolks

• 1/2 tsp 1/2 salt

• 200 g 200 nutella more or less depending on your preferences

• 1 tbsp 1 brown sugar for sprinkling on top

• Winter flavored simple syrup for glazing

• 200 ml 200 water

• 150 g 150 white sugar

• 1 1 star anis whole

• 1/2 1/2 vanilla bean scratched seeds and bean

• 1/2 tsp 1/2 cinnamon

Directions

• Winter flavored simple syrup
• Put all the ingredinets into a small heavy bottom pan and cook for 20 minutes.
• Remove the star anis and vanilla bean. And let it cool.
• Brioche dough
• First dissolve the sugar into the warm milk. Milk should have about 37C° or 97F°.
• Add the fresh or dry yeast, stir, cover loosely with plastic wrap and let it stand for about 10 minutes or until foam and bubbles are building
• In a medium mixing bowls sift the flour and the salt and incorporate the cold butter with a pastry cutter until everything is very fine in size.
• Add the egg yolks and the yeast mixture and mix with the hook attached on medium speed until not sticky any longer or knead everything with your hands. That's about 10-15 minutes or with the help of your kitchenaid wit hthe hook attached for about 7 min.
• When the dough is not sticky any longer put it into an oiled bowl and cover it with plastic wrap. Let it rest at a warm place until the dough is doubled in size.That will be about 60 min-90 minutes depending on how warm the resting place is.
• When the dough is doubled in size put it onto your floured working surface and deflate the dough through slapping it onto the surface 3-6 times.
• Part the dough into 8 equal parts and shape them into little balls . While you make each nutella babka knot cover the dough balls loosely with a kitchen towel.
• Now roll each ball into a rectangular about 12cm x 24cm (4,5 x 9 inch)and 3mm(0,15 inch) thick.
• Spread the Nutella onto the dough but leave 1 cm free on the long side acing you.
• Start rolling the dough into a log. Beginning at the one lenght side where the edge is covered with nutella too .
• use a knife to slice the log into two pieces but leave about 1,5cm whole.
• Twist both strands together. Lay the strand onto the kitchen counter and roll it flat up into a bun.
• Repeat that process with all the other balls.
• Put the babka buns onto 1 or 2 oven trays covered with baking sheets. Cover losely with a damp kitchen towl or a plastic wrap and let it rise for anoter 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 180°C (370°F) .
• After the babka knots are almost doubled in size sprinkle with brown sugar adn bake for about 20 minutes or until golden brown, depending on your oven.
• When the babka rolls are done baking, remove from the oven and brush them imeadiately with the simple syrup.
• Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts

• Calories: 516kcal
• Carbohydrates: 76g
• Protein: 10g
• Fat: 19g
• Saturated Fat: 13g
• Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g
• Monounsaturated Fat: 3g
• Trans Fat: 1g
• Cholesterol: 97mg
• Sodium: 244mg
• Potassium: 232mg
• Fiber: 3g
• Sugar: 26g
• Vitamin A: 381IU
• Vitamin C: 1mg
• Calcium: 82mg
• Iron: 4mg

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Mother’s Day is coming in fast paces. Consequently I’m trying to come up with a delicious and edible gift with which I can surprise my mother. Of course I’m buying her flowers too but I know she loves and appreciates a homemade gift much more. Since I love creating different kind of breads I thought why not baking braided hearts using a rich and flavorful brioche dough. These hearts would be absolutely perfect for every breakfast or brunch table.

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What is important for this braided brioche hearts recipe?

• Firstly we have to make sure that the ingredients are at room temperature (Butter, eggs).
• Secondly proof the yeast. Proofing the yeast is the process where you dissolve the yeast with a little bit of sugar into the warm milk and let it rest covertly until the yeast is activated and gets foamy and bubbly.
• The most important thing for me is to measure my ingredients exactly thats why the amounts are noted down in grams. Weighing the ingredients is way more exactly than using cups.
• Im kneading the dough for about 10 minutes in my stand mixer or even longer when I’m using my hands. That is very important so that the gluten can develop properly .
• I give the dough enough time to rise. Don’t short cut this step. It’s risen properly when double in size.
• Don’t forget that second rising ! I let the dough rise a second time after forming the dough strings into hearts.

What I love about these easy Brioche hearts and why I think these are the best homemade Mother’s Day gift.

Since all the restaurants are still closed here in Austria most people will celebrate with their Mothers at home. For example I will surprise my Mom with an extended brunch. Above all a fluffy brioche bake is always a delicious brunch addition especially when homemade. right?!?

• The best thing about these sweet baked goods is that it can easily be baked by kids with a little help from their Dad or an older kid.
• My kids are always very proud of themselves when they can surprise me with something homemade.
• Forming these hearts will be a very fun occupation and a good way to spend some quality time together.
• I love the super soft and fluffy consistency.
• Brioche has always such a delish buttery flavor.
• This is the perfect edible gift for Moms who are in love with the city of love and have wanderlust.
• When you can’t meet with your mom on Mother’s Day because of covid but you want to leave a surprise on her front door.
• Your mom is a breakfast lover! I know she will love these brioche pastries.
• Lastly flowers are beautiful but can’t compare with something home baked .
• These hearts will transform every breakfast table into something special.

In the end…

There is nothing more to say then : GO GRAB THE RECIPE AND SURPRISE YOUR MOM OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE WITH THESE SWEET EDIBLE TREATS ASAP! ?

In short I hope you will enjoy my brioche hearts recipe as much as my family and I do. If you make that recipe please say “Hi” and let me know. Don’t forget to tag us on Instagram . What I love the most is hearing from you. 

Warm sugary cinnamon hugs Nina

Are you looking for more breakfast/brunch recipes? Maybe you would like to have a look at these deliciousnesses?.

• Antonia’s extremely fluffy chocolate chip banana pancakes
• Strawberry Rhubarb pastry tarts filled with creamy almond frangipane
• Chocolate overnight oats topped with creamy Dalgona Coffee cream
• Italian Asparagus Quiche
• Babka bread filled with blueberry jam

homemade brioche hearts for Mother’s Day

5 from 1 vote

Recipe by Nina Course: Bread, Breakfast, brunch, Mother’s DayCuisine: austrian, French

Servings

6

hearts

Prep time

15

minutes

Cooking time

18

minutes

Calories

485

kcal

resting time

2

hours 

Total time

2

hours 

33

minutes

This is a cute way to say thank you to your mom and surprise her for breakfast with something homemade for Mother's Day. This is an easy brioche recipe . Perfect for Mother's Day breakfast or brunch. Have a lovely time with your Mom.

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Ingredients

• For the dough

• 7 g 7 dry yeast For Ausrtian people thats one package

• 1 tsp 1 honey

• 200 ml 200 milk warm

• 480 g 480 all purpose flour

• 70 g 70 white sugar

• 1 tsp 1 salt

• 1 1 egg

• 1 1 egg yolk

• 70 g 70 butter room temperature

• for the finishing

• 2 tbsp 2 hail sugar sprinkled on the hearts before baking

• 1 tbsp 1 milk

Directions

• Dough
• Mix together the warm milk, honey and the yeast. Cover with plastic foil and let it rest for 10 minutes.
• In a bowl of a stand mixer attached with a dough hook mix together the yeast milk mixture with the rest of the dough ingredients and knead for about 10 minutes on low to medium spead until a soft smooth dough formed and pulls away from the bowl. If the dough is to stiff at some more milk. 1 tbsp milk at a time and continue kneading.
• Cover the dough with plastic wrap and let it rest at a warm place for 1 hour or double in size.
• After the resting time put the dough on a lightly floured surface and knead for 1 minute.
• Split the dough into 12 equal pieces.
• Roll every dough piece into a 40cm long strand.
• how to shape the hearts
• Braid 2 dough strands together and form a heart. Sling the braided ends together. repeat with all the other strands.
• Put the formed dough hearts on a baking tray covered with a baking sheet.
• Cover the hearts with plastic wrap and let it rest for another hour.
• Preheat the oven to 180 Degree Celsius (thats about 350°F).
• When the dough hearts are double in size brush them with egg wash and sprinkle with hail sugar.
• Bake for 18-22 minutes or until golden brown.
• After the hearts are finished baking let them cool completely .
• Enjoy.

Nutrition Facts

• Calories: 485kcal
• Carbohydrates: 80g
• Protein: 11g
• Fat: 13g
• Saturated Fat: 7g
• Trans Fat: 1g
• Cholesterol: 88mg
• Sodium: 501mg
• Potassium: 161mg
• Fiber: 2g
• Sugar: 19g
• Vitamin A: 432IU
• Vitamin C: 1mg
• Calcium: 64mg
• Iron: 4mg

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Pancakes recipe easy homemade from scratch breakfast ideas schnook Pfannkuchen

I think it’s very important to have one recipe for banana chocolate chip pancakes, which you can always make and always turns out perfect and tastes delicious. This is one of those recipes. A stable in my kitchen especially since my boyfriend loves them a lot so I am making them quite a lot of times too.

But that’s fine for me, cause they are quick and easy to make and so delicious!

Pancakes recipe easy homemade from scratch breakfast ideas schnook Pfannkuchen

How to make this delicious pancakes recipe?

First make sure you have all your ingredients!

Whole wheat flour (or all purpose flour), baking powder, homemade pumpkin spice (click here for the recipe), salt, bananas, egg, vanilla extract, maple syrup, milk and chocolate chips.

So there are three steps! First step is combining flour, baking powder, salt and pumpkin spice (but that’s optional!). Second step is blending the bananas, egg, vanilla extract, maple syrup and milk in a blender. Third step is adding the liquid mixture to the flour mixture plus the chocolate chips and combine.

Voila three steps to your perfect banana chocolate pancake batter!

Now it’s all up to you, don’t burn these beauties! I like to use a cookie scoop (large ice cream scoop) to divide batter evenly on the pan. I am making small pancakes so there should be enough of space for 3 pancakes on the pan. Allow to cook until bubbles appear on the surface and the edges are set, then flip and cook until golden. Continue until there’s no batter left.

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Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes

5 from 7 votes

Recipe by Antonia Course: Breakfast, brunchCuisine: American

Servings

10

pancakes

Prep time

20

minutes

Cooking time

10

minutes

Calories

121

kcal

This is a super easy and fast Banana Chocolate Chip Pancake recipe! This recipe bakes soft and fluffy pancakes, the best banana chocolate chip pancakes you'll ever have!

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Ingredients

• 1 cup 1 whole wheat flour optional all purpose flour

• 2 tsp 2 baking powder

• 1 tbsp 1 homemade pumpkin spice optional

• 1 pinch 1 salt

• 2 2 bananas

• 1 1 egg

• 1 tsp 1 vanilla extract

• 2 tbsp 2 maple syrup

• 1/2 cup 1/2 milk or plant based milk

• 1/3 cup 1/3 chocolate chips 66g

Directions

• In a large bowl combine flour, baking powder, pumpkin spice and salt.
• Put the bananas, egg, vanilla extract, maple syrup and milk into a blender and blend.
• Add the liquid mixture to the bowl with the dry ingredients and add the chocolate chips and combine.
• Heat a griddle or non-stick pan over medium-low heat and melt a little butter or coconut oil 8or the oil of your preference) to grease it.
• With a cookie scoop (ice cream scoop) pour the batter on to the pan. I am making small pancakes so there shoul be enough of space for 3 pancakes on the pan. Allow to cook until bubbles appear on the surface and the edges are set, then flip and cook until golden. Continue cooking with the remaining batter.
• Serve pancakes with your favorite topping, maple syrup, nutella, jam there are endless possibilities. Enjoy

Nutrition Facts

• Calories: 121kcal
• Carbohydrates: 23g
• Protein: 3g
• Fat: 3g
• Saturated Fat: 1g
• Cholesterol: 18mg
• Sodium: 21mg
• Potassium: 260mg
• Fiber: 2g
• Sugar: 10g
• Vitamin A: 72IU
• Vitamin C: 2mg
• Calcium: 84mg
• Iron: 1mg

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This is an easy and delicious recipe for a babka bread filled with fresh strawberries and coconut .The babka is made out of a brioche dough and I added saffron for a little decadents. You are welcome . The flavors are perfect for a warm summer Sunday afternoon but it’s also perfect for the holidays as a wonderful breakfast recipe or as a filled brioche bread served with butter as an afternoon treat.

If you’d like to serve it for breakfast please prepare it the evening before and refrigerate the unbaked babka bread in the fridge until morning. Let the prepared loaf pan stand for 1 hour at a warm place so that the dough can come to room temperature.

Saffron brioche babka – The saffron isn’t a must but makes the taste definitely more complex.

As you may already discovered I already have a delicious blueberry babka recipe up on our blog but I so much love babka that I though I want to add another delicious filled sweet bread recipe. And I made that new babka extraordinary decadent just for you. I added saffron to the brioche dough and some flavorful cardamom to the filling (fresh strawberries and coconut). Best decision of my life. Please if you don’t have any saffron at home you can of course leave it out. Make the babka its delicious without the saffron of course too.

Sweet yeasty bread recipes made especially for the holidays – origin of the babka

There exist a lot of babka recipes and brioche recipes out there but what is the difference between those 2 sweet bread doughs? Or are these the same? I will tell you the difference.

Babka bread is a traditionally jewish sweet bread filled and twisted or braided. There are no specific informations about the dough. Only that it’s an enriched dough so it could also be a brioche dough recipe. So why not use a delicious buttery brioche dough to make a more special and grant babka?

Traditionally babka is made from a doubled and twisted length of yeast dough and is typically baked in a high loaf pan. Instead of a fruit filling, the dough contains cinnamon and/or chocolate. The babka is usually toppedwith streusel. Jewish immigrants brought this dish, also known as Krantz Cake to New York where it became very popular at the beginning of 2010.

Brioche dough recipes are always lightly sweetened doughs. They almost contain as much butter and eggs as a buttery cake but have a very soft and airy texture instead of a cake crumb.

The important things about making this babka recipe.

• I always proof the yeast! My yeast needs to be dissolved in WARM (38°C) milk and 1 tbsp of sugar and loosely covered with a kitchen towel or plastic wrap. The yeast is prooven when the liquid becomes foamy and bubbly.
• I measure exactly! For every recipe I make measuring my ingredients is the most important rule ever.
• The dough needs to be kneaded for about 10 minutes! I know this sounds like much but it needs to be flexible.

Almost Done! Promised.

• I let the dough rise in a warm place . Cover the bowl loosely with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel.
• My babka bread needs enough time to rise! Thats very important! The brioche dough needs to be double in size before you can work with it again.
• After spreading the filling I roll the dough into a log and chill it for about 20 minutes in the fridge. It doesn’t get that messy when the filling is set.
• Don’t cut the log all the way through.
• Before I bake the babka it needs a second rising which will last almost as long as the first one.

I want to enjoy my time with my family to the fullest . Good food definitely goes hand in hand with these special moments on a Sunday morning. My deliciously filled babka is therefore the perfect breakfast recipe. We all gather in the morning around our table and enjoy the smell of the freshly baked sweet yeasty babka. The saffron and added cardamom gives it that special complex flavor which makes it super addictive. Nobody can withstand it in my family.

Warm saffron hugs Nina

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Saffron brioche babka filled with fresh strawberries and coconut and cardamom

0 from 0 votes

Recipe by Nina Course: Bread, DessertCuisine: American, austrian, French

Servings

8

Prep time

2

hours 

Cooking time

50

minutes

Calories

536

kcal

This is an easy and delicious recipe for a babka bread filled with fresh strawberries and coconut .The babka is made out of a brioche dough and I added saffron for a little decadents and cardamom for that suptle complex taste.

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Ingredients

• brioche dough

• 60 g 60 white sugar

• 10 g 10 freash yeast or 4g instant yeast

• 120 ml 120 milk

• 60 g 60 butter

• 350 g 350 flour cake flour or all purpose

• 2 2 egg yolks Large at room temperature

• 1/2 tsp 1/2 salt

• 1 1 egg for egg wash

• Strawberries and coconut filling

• 500 g 500 strawberries fresh

• 50 g 50 brown sugar

• 2 tbsp 2 balsamic vinegar

• 2 tbsp 2 flour

• 125 g 125 desicated coconut pan roasted until golden brown and smeels wonderfully

• 2 tsp 2 cardamom

• 100 g 100 brown sugar

• 100 ml 100 coconut milk

• 50 g 50 butter room temperature and soft

• 1/4 tsp 1/4 saffron threads

Directions

• Babka – brioche dough
• First mix warm milk (45-50 degree C) and saffron threads together and let it stand for 1 hour.Then dissolve 1 tbsp of the sugar into the warm milk. Milk should have about 37C° or 97F°.
• Add the fresh or dry yeast, stir, cover loosely with plastic wrap and let it stand for about 10 minutes or until foam and bubbles are building
• In a medium mixing bowls sift the flour and the salt and incorporate the cold butter and the rest of the sugar with a pastry cutter until everything is very fine in size.
• Add the egg yolks and the yeast mixture and mix with the hook attached on medium speed until not sticky any longer or knead everything with your hands. That's about 10-15 minutes.
• When the dough is not sticky any longer put it into an oiled bowl and cover it with plastic wrap. Let it rest at a warm place until the dough is doubled in size.That will be about 60-90 minutes depending on how warm the resting place is.
• When the dough is doubled in size put it onto your floured working surface and deflate the dough trough slapping it onto the surface 3-6 times.
• Prepare a deep loaf pan 30x12cm with butter and flour it out.
• Shape the dough loosely into a rectangular and roll it out. The shorter side of the dough should be facing you and should be as long as your loaf panThe dough should be about 1cm thick and 30×40 cm.
• Spread the coconut filling onto the dough but leave 2 cm free on the shorter side facing away from you.
• After that add the fresh strawberries on top.
• Start rolling up the dough starting from the short side facing you to the other short side.
• Put the log for fifteen minutes into th fridge so that the filling can firm up and it doesnt become such a mess.
• Remove from the fridge and use a knife to slice the log into two pieces but leave about 3 cm whole.
• Braid both strands by going over and under. Tuck the ends in and place it into the loaf pan.
• Let the dough raise one more time for about 45 minutes and brush the top with a lttle egg wash
• ***Note if you let the Babka rest in the fridge overnight it needs to rest another hour in the morning at a warm place to come to room temperature before baking.
• Strawberry and Coconut filling
• Cut the strawberries into small pieces and mix together with the 50g of sugar, flour and balsamin vinegar.
• When you dry roast the dessicated coconut until golden brown turn off the heat take the pan from the cook top. 
• Add the coconut milk, cardamom, butter and brown sugar and mix everything together with an spatula. let it rest until cool. The filling should be spreadable otherwise add a little bit more coconut milk.
• Preheat the oven to 180°Celsius or 370°Fahrenheit and bake for about 45 minutesEnjoy.

Nutrition Facts

• Calories: 536kcal
• Carbohydrates: 72g
• Protein: 8g
• Fat: 25g
• Saturated Fat: 18g
• Cholesterol: 100mg
• Sodium: 284mg
• Potassium: 302mg
• Fiber: 5g
• Sugar: 31g
• Vitamin A: 470IU
• Vitamin C: 37mg
• Calcium: 67mg
• Iron: 3mg

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For the last 20 years my greatest passion was to create special jam recipes. I’m always trying to add one extra ingredient to make the jam more special and complex in taste. My favourite flavours so far are blackberry- lavender, balsamic and vanilla strawberry and vanilla- rosemary orange jam.

Decadent Vanilla – Rosemary flavoured Orange Jam recipe – a little how to guide of canning properly

• First of all I use jam glasses with a screw top. Therefore you can already use glasses which you already have at home. I never throw away the glasses when the honey, apple sauce, pickles are gone . I always clean and keep those glasses for my jams.
• Before you start with cooking your jam, wash the clean jam glasses one more time and put the wet glasses at 160 C degree or 320 F degree for 10 minutes into the oven. This way you sterilise them.
• Cook the funnel, screw tops and ladle for 10 minutes in hot water. That’s another method to sterilise things.
• Blend the fruits before you heat them up with the sugar. This way the sugar dissolves easier.
• Fill the hot jam high up, almost to the edge of the jam glasses and screw the tops immediately tied. That way the heat creates a vacuum which is an additional way to conserve the jams.

Decadent Orange Jam recipe – What is the right sugar and don’t forget to proof your jam.

The easiest way to make jam is to use jam sugar. That special kind of sugar already contains pectin , which lets the jam thicken. You get that sugar in different can proportions like 1:1 which means for example 1kg sugar and 1kg fruits or 1:2 or 1:3 . For this jam I used jam sugar 1:2.

If you cook your jams with regular sugar you can add pectin in powdered form. For every kg of fruits you add 5g of pectin.

Instead of pectin you can add for every kg of fruits the juice of 1 lemon.

If you would like to make a fruit spread low in sugar you can simple add chia seeds to thicken it but that spread isn’t long lasting.

The most important thing to know is that sugar makes the jam durable. The sugar binds the liquid.

How to proof your jam

When you cook your jam you need to reduce the liquid in it to thicken it further. To proof if the consistency is right you simply put a teaspoon of the hot jam on a cold plate and let it cool. if the jam is thickened enough and not runny any longer the jam can be filled and canned.

Vanilla, Rosemary and Oranges Jam on a delicious sourdough challah – The best decision ever.

Vanilla, Rosemary and Oranges is so far my favourite flavour and I use it almost daily as a topping on my porridge bowl, in my yoghurt or spreader on a slice of my favourite homemade sourdough chalah also known as “Striezel” in Austria. The recipe for the Chalah is from a fellow Austrian Foodblogger BROTOKOLL and its the best enriched sourdough recipe I have known so far. So buttery in flavour and extremely fluffy. Here is the link to the recipe -> Blondy – Ode an den Osterstriezel

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Maybe you are interested in our Summery Berry Galette too. Its an easy and very fruity dessert with a delicious crunchy pecan crust.

Warm Hugs Nina

Vanilla and Rosemary flavoured Orange Jam recipe

5 from 1 vote

Recipe by Nina Course: Breakfast, brunchCuisine: American, austrian

Servings

4

glasses

Prep time

15

minutes

Cooking time

20

minutes

Calories

284

kcal

This is a very unique and delicious orange jam recipe flavoured with vanilla and a rosemary twig. It's perfect as a sweet spread on a slice of toast or as a topping or filling .

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Ingredients

• 500 g 500 jam sugar 1:2

• 1000 g 1000 orange chunks oranges speeled and cut into slices and chunks

• 1 1 rosemary twig fresh

• 1/2 1/2 vanilla pod seeds scratched out and the pod

Directions

• Wet the clean glasses and put them for 10 minutes into the oven at 160C degree or 320F degree. Cook the funnel, lids and ladle in hot water for 5 minutes. Prepare everything before starting with cooking the jam.
• Put all the ingredients but the rosemary twig in a large deep pot and mix together until the sugar is dissolved.
• Bring everything to a boil under occasional stirring.
• Add the rosemary twig to the pod and cook for 10 minutes or until the desired intense rosemary taste is achieved.
• take the vanilla pod and twig out of the pot and blend everything very fine.
• Reduce the jam until one spoon of hot jam is thickened enough when spread on a cold plate.
• Fill the hot jam into glasses and immediately screw the lid on top.
• Enjoy <3

Equipment

• funnel, ladle, deep pot, glasses with a screw lid

Nutrition Facts

• Calories: 284kcal
• Carbohydrates: 97g
• Protein: 3g
• Fat: 1g
• Saturated Fat: 1g
• Sodium: 1mg
• Potassium: 539mg
• Fiber: 9g
• Sugar: 71g
• Vitamin A: 563IU
• Vitamin C: 133mg
• Calcium: 111mg
• Iron: 1mg

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This easy recipe comes together in one bowl leaves you full and satisfied until lunch. Bonus points – these oatmeal squares are refined sugar free and dairy free!

Ingredients:

2 mashed banans
2 Eggs
1 tbsp Almond butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup maple syrup

2 1/4 cup oats
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
1 pinch salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 scoop protein powder – optional
1/2 cup desiccated coconut
1 1/2 cup almond milk
1 tbsp chia seeds
1/4 cup cranberries
1/4 cup blueberries – optional

How to:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C and grease a 20x20cm baking dish with butter or non stick cooking spray.
2. Combine bananas, eggs, almond butter, vanilla extract and maple syrup. Add all the other ingredients and mix until everything is coated. You could need more almond milk if the mixture is too dry.
3. Transfer everything to the prepared baking pan decorate with a banana sliced-lengthwise (drizzle some maple syrup) and bake for 35 to 40 minutes until golden. Let it cool a bit and cut into squares.

If you try this baked oatmeal, be sure to leave a comment and rate it below and let me know how you liked it. And of course, don’t forget to snap a photo and tag #twosisterslivinglife on Instagram so we can see your beautiful creations.

Love, Antonia

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Baked Oatmeal

Perfect meal-prep breakfast! Love doing it on sundays for the week ahead!

• 2 Bananas (mashed)
• 2 eggs
• 1 tbsp almond butter
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 2 1/4 cups oats
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup walnuts (optional)
• 1 scoop protein powder (i used plant based peanut butter protein (optional ingredient))
• 1/2 cup desiccated coconut
• 1 1/2 cup nut milk (used almond milk)
• 1 tbsp chia seeds
• 1/2 cup cranberries (optional)
• 1/2 cup blueberries (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 180°C and grease and line a casserole with parchment paper.

2. Using a high speed blender, mix the mashed bananas, eggs, almond butter, vanilla extract and maple syrup together.

3. In a large mixing bowl combine oats, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, coconut, optional ingredients and chia seeds. Add the banana mixture and almond milk and mix well.

4. Pour the batter into prepared casserole and bake for 40 minutes.

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