Banana Bread from the New York Times Natural Foods Cookbook Recipe

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Banana Bread from the New York Times Natural Foods Cookbook
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Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup kerry irish gold sweet butter
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup unsifted stoneground whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup unsifted unbleached white flour
  • 3/4 tsp sea salt
  • 1 1/4 cups mashed ripe bananas (2 large or 3 small)
  • 1/3 cup buttermilk or 1/3 cup yogurt

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Cream the butter and sugar together until very light. Beat in the egg.
  3. Sift together the whole wheat flour, white flour, baking soda and salt.
  4. Combine the bananas and buttermilk, stirring just enough to combine well.
  5. Alternately add dry ingredients and banana mixture to creamed butter/sugar/egg mixture.
  6. Turn into an oiled 9 by 5 inch loaf pan.
  7. Bake 50-60 minutes or until done.
  8. White flour can be substituted for whole wheat flour - also try rice flour, oat flour, coconut flour [add extra liquid if using coconut flour in a 1 to 1 ratio].
  9. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from the pan and finish cooling on a rack.
  10. Yields 1 loaf.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 247.59 Kcal (1037 kJ)
Calories from fat 15.36 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1.71g 3%
Cholesterol 43.14mg 14%
Sodium 799.76mg 33%
Potassium 349.14mg 7%
Total Carbs 57.72g 19%
Sugars 49.46g 198%
Dietary Fiber 2.11g 8%
Protein 2.74g 5%
Vitamin C 6.3mg 11%
Iron 0.6mg 4%
Calcium 67.4mg 7%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 170.69 Kcal (715 kJ)
Calories from fat 10.59 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1.18g 3%
Cholesterol 29.74mg 14%
Sodium 551.37mg 33%
Potassium 240.7mg 7%
Total Carbs 39.79g 19%
Sugars 34.1g 198%
Dietary Fiber 1.45g 8%
Protein 1.89g 5%
Vitamin C 4.4mg 11%
Iron 0.4mg 4%
Calcium 46.5mg 7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 4.7
    Points
  • 7
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low fat,
  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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