my easy & healthy Banana Bread

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jamie1888
jamie1888 Posts: 1,704 Member
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3/4c splenda
1/2c no-sugar added apple sauce
2 eggs
2 - 3 mashed ripe bananas
1 3/4c whole wheat flour
1/2tsp baking soda
1/2tsp salt
optional: sprinkle of cinnamon and/or nutmeg

1) Mix flour, baking soda & salt in a bowl (add the optional spices here as well)
2) Mix splenda, apple sauce, egg & vanilla in another bowl until frothy
3) add banana to above bowl
4) fold in flour mixture

Bake 325 degrees for 1 hour in a loaf pan (spray pan with Pam)
cool for 10 min
remove from pan and cool on rack

Here's the nutritional info
I used 2.5 bananas & sliced into 10 pieces:
108 calories
26 carbs
1g fat
4g protein
5g sugar
3g fiber

Notes:
*The 5g of sugar all come from the bananas! (except for the vanilla that adds 1g of sugar to the entire recipe!)
* Baking with apple sauce produces a spongey textured cake
* Yummy to put under the broiler to toast the top and spray with "I can't believe it's not butter" or whatever spread you like
* You can add your favorite vanilla protein powder to the recipe; just use a bit less flour
* Add nuts or ground flax for added fiber
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  • Natural
    Natural Posts: 461 Member
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    reads excellent. i may give this a try. thanks for sharing.
  • kaitlyn12osu
    kaitlyn12osu Posts: 26
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    Looks great! I'm definitely going to try this. Thanks for the great recipe!
  • SammyLynn010
    SammyLynn010 Posts: 293 Member
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    Bump!!!
  • mrsyatesy
    mrsyatesy Posts: 173
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    Sounds lovely - thank you!!
  • als0317
    als0317 Posts: 26 Member
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    Bump :)

    I'm baking a tweaked version of this right now: http://lowfatcooking.about.com/od/bakedgoods/r/Bananaoatmealbread.htm [Specifically, yogurt instead of buttermilk.... and regular flour].

    Smells gooood... let's hope it tastes good too! I'm very interested to see how the bread is with oats.

    With my ingredients, splitting the loaf 12 servings will be 165 cals.
  • tleigh
    tleigh Posts: 58
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    Bump!
  • ron2282
    ron2282 Posts: 2,772 Member
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    sounds great!
  • mstarrett01
    mstarrett01 Posts: 74 Member
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    But you didn't specify how much vanilla to add.
  • TracieJ65
    TracieJ65 Posts: 645 Member
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    bump
  • jamie1888
    jamie1888 Posts: 1,704 Member
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    But you didn't specify how much vanilla to add.

    Sorry!!! I can't edit my post for some reason..... 1 tsp vanilla! I've also baked it w/out the vanilla and it comes out fine. Also have used only 1 ripe banana and it's fine.

    I also experimented with another batch today... added some cocoa powder, a little extra splenda and threw in a handful of chocolate chips! Banana Chocolate Chocolate Chip Bread! I didn't measure; just eye-balled stuff. But, the point is, you can play around and add whatever you want to fit your taste and nutritional needs! You can make most recipes "healthier" by substituting apple sauce for oil and some/all of the sugar with splenda. And yes, I know there are some that don't use artificial sweeteners! To each his own! ;)
  • chelleim
    chelleim Posts: 78
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    bump!
  • KarenECunningham
    KarenECunningham Posts: 419 Member
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    bump
  • leanlindajean
    leanlindajean Posts: 25
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    what does "bump" mean?
  • jamie1888
    jamie1888 Posts: 1,704 Member
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    what does "bump" mean?
    People use "bump" just to reply to a topic... this will put the topic in your "my topics" section and make it easy for you to find later. It's just like a tag that makes it easy for you to come back to.
  • page68
    page68 Posts: 220 Member
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  • lemzip
    lemzip Posts: 12
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  • mooz
    mooz Posts: 101
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    Just for a laugh I wanted to post my sister-in-law's father's recipe for banana bread...cant get any easier than this...

    1 banana
    1 hot dog bun

    Place banana in hot dog bun and enjoy!

    He eats this fairly regularly. LOL!
  • AwMyLoLo
    AwMyLoLo Posts: 1,571 Member
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    :flowerforyou:
  • NykkieC
    NykkieC Posts: 622 Member
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    This sounds SO good!
  • Jovialation
    Jovialation Posts: 7,632 Member
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    I should really get into using whole wheat flour and apple sauce in recipes, but i rarely use the flour i have unless its to make a sauce

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