Top Banana Bread

Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 cups whole-wheat flour
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup Splenda No Calorie Sweetener (granulated)
• 1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 3 bananas)
• 1/2 cup fat-free liquid egg substitute (like Egg Beaters)
• 1/2 cup no-sugar-added applesauce
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• Optional Toppings: no-calorie spray butter, Cool Whip Free

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, combine both types of flour, Splenda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon (in other words, all dry ingredients).
3. In a separate bowl, mix together the mashed bananas, egg substitute, applesauce, and vanilla extract (all the wet ingredients).
4. Add this mixture to the bowl with the dry ingredients, and stir until just blended.
5. Spoon batter into a large loaf pan (about 9" X 5") sprayed with nonstick spray.
6. Bake for about 50 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
7. Allow to cool slightly, and then cut into 8 slices. If you like, spritz with some spray butter or spread on some Cool Whip Free.

Hubby’s Yum-O Meter:
(on a scale of 1-10)
7.5

(but take into accout that he is not too fond of banana bread)

MAKES 8 SERVINGS

Nutritional Value Per Serving Size (1 THICK slice):
Calories: 140

Fat: 0.5g

Sodium: 267mg

Carbs: 31g

Fiber: 3.75g

Sugars: 7g

Protein: 5g

POINTS® value 2*

This is a Hungry Girl original! To me the bread was a little dry. So the next time I make it I may try and experiment with things like pineapples, OJ, yogurt, or more apple sauce to try and get it a little more moist. But it was still yummy!! Oh and I know it looks like there is oil or something in the pre-cook picture of the batter in the pan, but it was just from the non-stick spray I used, I PROMISE!! =)

*The Points® values for these products and/or recipes were calculated by Hungry Girl and are not an endorsement or approval of the product, recipe or its manufacturer or developer by Weight Watchers International, Inc., the owner of the Points® registered trademark.