Bread Recipe

We made this and it was a hit. This may become another favorite for our 'dead' bananas.

Eileen's Best Banana Bread

Photo by: Photo: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Jan Gautro

Ingredients

• 3 2/5 ounces all-purpose flour (about 3/4 cup)
• 3 3/5 ounces whole-wheat flour (about 3/4 cup)
• 1/4 cup flaxseed meal
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup plain low-fat yogurt
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• Cooking spray

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 325°.

2. Weigh or lightly spoon flours into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flours and next 4 ingredients (through baking soda) in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk. Combine banana and next 4 ingredients (through oil) in a small bowl. Add banana mixture to flour mixture, stirring just until moist.

3. Spoon the batter into a 9 x 5–inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 325° for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack, and remove from pan. Cool on wire rack.

Nutritional Information

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• Amount per serving
• Calories: 212
• Fat: 9.2g
• Saturated fat: 0.8g
• Monounsaturated fat: 3.7g
• Polyunsaturated fat: 4.2g
• Protein: 4.3g
• Carbohydrate: 30.4g
• Fiber: 2.6g
• Cholesterol: 1mg
• Iron: 1.1mg
• Sodium: 189mg
• Calcium: 60mg

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Cooking Light OCTOBER 2009