Whole Wheat Banana Bread
I love banana bread, but I especially love a banana bread recipe that can handle applesauce instead of butter, reduced sugar, and 100% whole wheat. Although not the richest bread, it’s delicious sliced, toasted, and then spread with butter. I know, I know, I added applesauce to make it healthy, but just a tad of some butter/olive oil spread can’t hurt, and all in all, it’s less that the original stick of butter if you go light on the spread. I’ve convinced myself it’s okay.
Whole Wheat Banana Bread, adapted from King Arthur’s Flour
8 oz. applesauce
3/4 C sugar
2 eggs
1 C mashed ripe banana
1 tsp. vanilla
2 C whole wheat flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 C chopped pecans
Cream together applesauce, sugar and eggs. Beat in bananas and vanilla. Stir in sifted dry ingredients, adding in nuts last.
Bake in a greased 9″ x 5″ loaf pan in a preheated 350F oven for about 60 minutes. Cool for 10 min. before turning it out onto a wire rack.
