GUILT-FREE BANANA* BREAD

GUILT-FREE BANANA* BREAD image

Yield 1 large loaf

Number Of Ingredients 16

3/4 C Whole wheat flour
3/4 C Almond meal
1/4 C Oat bran
1 T Cinnamon
1 tsp Baking powder
1/4 tsp Baking soda
1/4 tsp Salt
3 T Coconut sugar (can substitute: 3/4 tsp Stevia or 3 T cane sugar)
1/2 C Applesauce
1/4 C Honey
1.5 C Mashed Banana*
1/3 C Milk (can substitute: almond, soy, or rice milk)
1 Egg
1 tsp Vanilla
1 C Walnuts (optional)
1/2 C Chocolate chips (optional)

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk together wheat flour, almond meal, oat bran, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a second large bowl, combine coconut sugar, applesauce, honey, milk, banana, egg, and vanilla. Combine mixtures and stir until just combined. Fold in walnuts and/or chocolate chips. Pour into a greased/floured eight inch loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees until cooked through and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool for 15 minutes on a wire rack then remove from pan and set aside to let cool completely. Pumpkin bread: Use 1.5 C pumpkin puree and add 2 tsp Pumpkin pie spice to the dry ingredients. Carrot bread: Use 1 C carrot shredded in food processor (or carrot pulp from vegetable juicer), and 1/2 C crushed pineapple, drained. Add 1/2 tsp ground Nutmeg to the dry ingredients. Do not use chocolate chips. Zucchini bread: Use 1.5 C zucchini shredded in food processor (or zucchini pulp from vegetable juicer). Add 1/2 tsp ground Nutmeg to the dry ingredients. Apple or Pear bread: Use 1.5 C finely chopped, shredded, or pureed fruit. Add 1/2 tsp ground Nutmeg to dry ingredients.