Banana Bread

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Image credit: SULYNWEAVER

Banana Bread

“I love the simple way the recipe comes together in a quick bread.  As with any recipe, I think there is room to make it healthier, or at least more nutritionally beneficial.” Sulynweaver.

Ingredients:

¼ cup butter, room temperature

¼ cup applesauce

1½ cup sugar

3 or 4 mashed over ripe bananas

¾ cup buttermilk

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 ½ cup all purpose flour

½ teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon baking soda, dissolved in 1 T. water

½ cup chopped walnuts

¼ cup wheat germ

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 2 - 8" x 4" loaf pans or 4 mini loaf pans with cooking 

spray.

Cream butter until smooth. 

Add sugar and applesauce and stir to combine.

Add mashed bananas and buttermilk.

Stir to distribute banana evenly.

Add dry ingredients and stir just until all ingredients are incorporated

Add chopped walnuts and wheat germ.

Stir to distribute walnuts evenly.

Scoop mixture into pans.

Bake for 1 hour for 8" loaf pans or 45 minutes for mini loaf pans.

Turn out onto a cooling rack to cool completely. 

Make 2 loaf.

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Note:

You can freezes well wrapped in wax paper and stored in a freezer bag.