Wednesday, October 28, 2009

HEALTHY BANANA BREAD

Hey gang:
This banana bread is good, not as moist as the high sugar and fat ones, but still not to bad.

HEALTHY BANANA BREAD
1/2 c
up of margarine
1/2 cup brown sugar splenda
1/2 cup splenda, or 1/4 cup of honey...I don't use honey as it is high in sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 tsp. baking soda
pinch of salt
1 1/2 cup of mashed bananas...about 3 medium or large bananas
2 large eggs
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup or chopped walnuts....optional
Preheat oven to 350'
In a large bowl beat margarine, sugar, vanilla, baking soda and salt. Add bananas and eggs beating until smooth.
Add the flour and the walnuts and stir until smooth. Spoon batter into a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
Bake in 350' oven for 1 hour, check it in the last 10 minutes to be certain that the top is not getting to brown, if it is to brown then cover with a piece of aluminum foil. Use a skewer or cake tester to check for doneness. I have never had to bake it for more than an hour.
Allow to cool for 10 minutes and remove from pan and cool on a rack.
Yields: 1 loaf, or 16 servings.
When it is cool I store it in a plastic bag to keep it moist.
I don't have the calorie count or any other information.
TTFN
Jake
ps: The original recipe calls for letting the batter in the loaf pan to sit for 10 minutes at room temperature. I personally have never done this.

2 comments:

  1. You mention about letting batter sit for 10 minutes, before putting in oven. Which reminds me that I do that with old fashioned Beer Bread. And it does seem to "make" it rise some. Seems to, anyway. :-)

    And now that we finally have a new stove, I hope to get to making some more of those great quick breads.

    Aunt Amelia

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  2. Wow! A trip to Egypt! Go you!!! I'm sure you'll have a wonderful time. Just wonderful, since it's a long held wish of yours, to do this.

    Did you say in some comment, that you have another blog? Like a more every-day-blog? And this is just for recipes? I thought I read/Published that, but now, I can't find it. Eeeek! LOL! Not that losing things isn't a daily experience, with me. LOL.

    Please, if you did say that, and if you want to, may I have the link to your "everyday blog"? Thank you.

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