Melt-in-your-Mouth Banana Nut Bread
This was one of the easiest and by far the yummiest of the recipes tested from the Athlete’s Palate cookbook that I used to use! Now I would almost call myself a connoisseur of banana-nut bread – because I l.o.v.e it! If it is there I will eat it, buy it, and even beg for it. When I saw a had a few banana’s that the little monkey and I hadn’t eaten before they reached the point of no return (I’m very picky w. the ripeness of my bananas) I knew I had to seek out a bread recipe. I found this in the archives of the healthy recipe finder on the RW search window (and then later found it in the Athlete’s Palate CB).
Flour’s Famous Banana Bread
Ingredients:
1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour (I substituted w/ whole wheat flour)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4-teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2-teaspoon salt
1-cup sugar, plus 2 tablespoons sugar
2-eggs 1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 1/2 bananas, very ripe, mashed
2 tablespoons low-fat sour cream
1-teaspoon vanilla
2/3-cup walnuts, toasted and chopped (I dug mine out of a can of mixed buts and didn’t toast them!)
How to:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Sift together first four ingredients. Beat sugar and eggs with a whisk until light and fluffy. Drizzle in oil. Add bananas, sour cream, and vanilla. Fold in flour mixture and nuts. Pour batter into a buttered 9″ x 4″ loaf pan and bake for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Makes 12 servings. Lower-fat version: Reduce oil to 1/4 cup, add 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce (260 calories, 9 grams of fat).
Calories: 310 Fat: 15 g Carbs: 41 g Protein: 4 g
I had to cook mine for about 15min longer then this calls for but it could just be the weird oven in our housing unit here. Who knows? I shared this w/ my wonderful neighbor Liz who lent me 2 Banana’s and some sour cream and she raved about it the next day! Which, to me, says a lot b/c Liz is the type of naturally talented cook I could only aspire to be. No really, she gives me leftovers or invites me over for food all the time and I NEVER say NO! (Even though they have PCS’d I still use some of her recipes! -Yummy Guacamole Liz!)
Also – I would up the protein content by adding some flavorless protein powder to the mix.
