Does anyone have a Healthier Banana Bread Recipe?

I know this is not a bread recipe that I have, but if you dont want to waste your bananas, you can make these banana pancakes


One ripe banana
2 eggs or just the egg whites

Mash bananas and combine til its a batter, then throw it on a pan with olive oil or pam cooking spray and fry them like pancakes.
Its real good and sweet

take your existing banana bread recipe... substitute either apple sauce or canned pumpkin for any and all oil it calls for... in equal amounts... replace 1/2 cup of oil with 1/2 cup of apple sauce or canned pumpkin... replace 1 cup of oil with 1 cup of either...

oil = either vegetable oil, butter, shortening, whatever it is the recipe calls for for that family of ingredients.
That cuts you down from 1600 calories for 1 cup of butter to 140 calories for 1 cup of apple sauce or 105 calories for 1 cup of pumpkin.

Now that sounds like a really good idea...what do you put on it after? like jam syrup or nothing i may try this

Actually its already sweet enough cause the bananas are ripe but I like to top mines with peanut butter or almond butter

Skinnytaste.com has a great one I just made last week

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2008/11/makeover-banana-nut-bread-3-pts.html

by healthy, do you mean low calorie? i don't have a low calorie recipe but i have an awesome low carb/high protein recipe.

http://comfybelly.com/2008/12/banana-bread/

this is a great website if you want to start looking into a whole foods type of eating style. there are no refined sugars or refined white flours in any of the recipes. almond flour is a perfect substitute for white flour...dense and packed with protein, low in carbs, high in healthy fats but definitely not low in calories.

good luck!

So many options to try!

Use in a smoothie.

Now that sounds like a really good idea...what do you put on it after? like jam syrup or nothing i may try this

I just had apple pancakes the other day, instead of layering on butter...I added a small layer of peanut butter and sugar free syrup, im sure that would taste excellent with banana pancakes...

http://skinnymom.com/2012/06/04/protein-muffins-chocolate-banana-protein-powder/#
Chocolate protein powder muffins with banana. Awesome!

I just made these on Saturday and my whole family loves them. As is, it's pretty healthy, but I still replaced the all-purpose flour with .5c whole wheat flour, .5c buckwheat flour, .25c spelt flour and 2 tbs flax seed meal. I replaced the brown sugar with agave nectar (didn't need as much since it's sweeter). I did 2 large eggs as I didn't want to do the beating of the egg whites and added unsweetened applesauce in place of the oil. I had small bananas so ended up using 5 of them. Oh and I also added nutmeg, vanilla extract and almond extract. The almond extract helped give it the nutty flavor, as if it had nuts - YUM. They turned out really good. I made muffins - makes 24 muffins and froze them in serving sizes of 2 each. My next batch I plan on adding protein powder in place of one of the flours! Can't wait Stats are below - not much difference, so you can do them either way, but the different kinds of flours definitely give it more nutrition.

Stats per muffin with my changes:
Cal = 74; Fat = 1; Carbs = 16; Fiber = 2; Protein = 2

Stats per muffin BEFORE my changes:
Cal = 82; Fat = 1; Carbs = 16; Fiber = 1; Protein = 2

Low Fat Oatmeal Banana Bread

Makes 1 loaf of 10 slices
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 3 tsp canola or walnut oil
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 2 medium egg whites, beaten
- 3 large bananas, ripe
- 1 cup uncooked old fashioned oats

I have a great one that I posted on my blog. Pics included.

I eat a piece of this right before I head out for my run. This provides enough fuel to keep me going for 60-90 minutes. Enjoy!!!

http://www.runningwithoutawatch.com/2012/07/banana-bread.html

Jay

Have you ever added other ingredients to this recipe? I would think a little flax/chia seeds would be good or some blueberries. We go through quite a bit of bananas in our house and this looks pretty simple.

I have not added any other ingredients to the recipe. Every once in a while when I need a chocolate fix, I put some chocolate chips on a piece and melt in the microwave for about a minute.

It is very simple. My kids really enjoy helping me make it and they enjoy eating it as well.

Jay

Classic Banana Bread (Cooking Light)

2 cups all-purpose flour (can sub in partial whole wheat flour)
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups mashed ripe banana (about 3 bananas)
1/3 cup plain low-fat yogurt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cooking spray Preparation
Preheat oven to 350°.
Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk.
Place sugar and butter in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 1 minute). Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add banana, yogurt, and vanilla; beat until blended. Add flour mixture; beat at low speed just until moist. Spoon batter into an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.