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Honey Banana Bread

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On a quest to find a healthier banana bread recipe that can be eaten without quite as much guilt as the traditional recipe, I came up with this. Hope you enjoy it as much as the husband does!

Ingredients

  • 3  Small Bananas, Very Ripe
  • ¼ cups Unsweetened Applesauce
  • ¼ cups Canola Oil
  • ¼ cups Sugar
  • ¼ cups Honey
  • 2 Tablespoons Molasses
  • 1 cup All-purpose Flour
  • 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
  • ¾ teaspoons Baking Soda
  • ½ teaspoons Cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoons Salt

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350ºF and lightly spray a loaf pan with cooking spray.

Mash the bananas in a large bowl. Whisk in the applesauce, oil, sugar, honey and molasses until just combined.

In a separate bowl, stir together the flours, soda, cinnamon and salt.

Stir together the wet and dry ingredients in the larger bowl until just combined. (The batter will be a bit thick, but just do your best to stir everything together without mixing too much.)

Spread the bread mixture evenly in the prepared pan. (I used a spatula to get as much into the loaf pan as I could.) Because this recipe does not call for any eggs, lick the spatula while your husband isn’t looking. And clean up any other messes around the kitchen. (Be sure to check the brown dogs.)

Bake for 45-50 minutes or until lightly brown and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Makes 12 servings. Each serving: 185 calories, 5 g fat, 34 g carbs, 2.1 g fiber, 2.7 g protein

(Recipe inspired by bread & honey.)

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tifferrific on 5.19.2012

I used the ripest bananas and this still lacks flavor… which made me sad, because it smelled so good while baking. :(

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