Lite 'n Moist Banana Nut Bread |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Minutes |
Ready In: 21 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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This recipe was based on “Very Moist Banana Bread” in RecipeZarr. I lightened it up by using less sugar, and substituting applesauce for the oil. Some banana tips: This bread is best with very ripe, black bananas. Put ripe bananas in the freezer. They will ripen a little more and stay usable for several months. The frozen bananas will thaw in less than an hour at room temperature. You can also ripen a banana in the microwave. Start with 30 seconds. Add 15 more seconds, continue until ripe. Ingredients:
4 -5 bananas |
3 large eggs |
1 teaspoon vanilla |
3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce |
1 cup sugar |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
2 1/4 cups flour |
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon |
1 1/3 teaspoons baking soda |
1/4 cup buttermilk or 1/4 cup sour milk |
1 cup pecans (chopped) |
Directions:
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease or spray 2 8” x 4” loaf pans.
2. Use very ripe bananas, 5 is best. In a large bowl, mash bananas.
3. Add eggs, vanilla, and applesauce and blend.
4. Add dry ingredients and stir well. (1/2 cup Splenda Plus for baking may be substituted for sugar).
5. Dissolve baking soda in milk. Put this in a container bigger than one cup. It will foam up a lot.
6. Add milk mixture to rest of ingredients and mix well.
7. Fold in nuts and pour into greased pans.
8. Bake for about 1 hour and 5 minutes depending on your oven. Start checking for doneness at 55 minutes. (especially with Pyrex pans)
9. For a moist bread, a toothpick should come out almost clean. Totally clean will mean a dryer loaf.
10. After removing from oven, let cool for 15 minutes and remove from pans. Bread will freeze nicely.
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