Laura's Best Tropical Banana Bread

Name: Laura''s Best Tropical Banana Bread Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 1 cup butter; 1 cup Splenda brown sugar; 1 1/2 cups Splenda no calorie sugar; 5 med. bananas mash; 4 eggs; 1 cup fat free sour cream; 1/2 cup crushed pineapple drained; 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla; 1/2 cup shredded coconut lightly toasted (put 2 Tbsp. aside for topping); 2 cups whole wheat flour; 1 cup bread flour; 1/2 cup flax seed meal; 2 tsp. baking soda; 2 tsp. baking powder; 1/2 tsp. salt; 2 Tbsp. raw sugar (for topping)

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Minutes to Prepare: 30
Minutes to Cook: 60

Number of Servings: 24

Ingredients

1 cup butter1 cup Splenda brown sugar1 1/2 cups Splenda no calorie sugar5 med. bananas, mash4 eggs1 cup fat free sour cream1/2 cup crushed pineapple, drained1 1/2 tsp. vanilla1/2 cup shredded coconut, lightly toasted (put 2 Tbsp. aside for topping)2 cups whole wheat flour1 cup bread flour1/2 cup flax seed meal2 tsp. baking soda2 tsp. baking powder1/2 tsp. salt2 Tbsp. raw sugar (for topping)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 2 loaf pans.
2. Cream butter and sugars together until light and fluffy.
3. Beat in mashed bananas.
4. Beat in eggs one at a time.
5. Mix in sour cream, pineapple, vanilla, and (all but 2 Tbsp.) coconut. Mix until completely incorporated.
6. In a small bowl, blend together the flours, flax seed meal, soda, powder and salt. Add to the wet ingredients. Mix well.
7. Divide evenly into 2 prepared loaf pans. Sprinkle each top with 1 Tbsp. raw sugar and coconut (this give the tops a nice crunch).
8. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of each loaf comes out clean.
9. Cool for 5 minutes and turn out onto a serving plate.

Number of Servings: 24

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LLKOOLMOM5.

Servings Per Recipe: 24

Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving

Calories: 226.8
Total Fat: 11.8 g
Cholesterol: 57.0 mg
Sodium: 2,531.1 mg
Total Carbs: 27.9 g
Dietary Fiber: 2.7 g
Protein: 4.3 g

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Member Reviews

XPUCTENNA
Great recipe. Would NEVER use Spenda. Used 1/4 br sugar and some stevia. Kaede, u need to do more research on Splenda. Italian researchers found artificial sweetener sucralose (Splenda) has caused leukemia in mice. Huffington Post, June 2013 - 8/3/13
MADISON101
LOVED this! Makes 2 large loaves, one good for freezing for another time. Pineapple and coconut are 2 of my favorite flavors anyway. Yes, it is very moist. I used regular white flour instead of the bread flour and didn't use the 1/2 c. of flax seed meal and it turned out great. - 3/16/08
KAEDE...
This is the best - very moist and flavorful. To Comnavwifepac, Splenda is NOT an artificial sweetner - it is naturally made - check your research before submitting such nonsense. - 3/16/08
COMNAVWIFEPAC
anything with artificial sugar is not good for you. Asparatame and Phenylalanine are scientifically proven to kill neural transmitters in your brain as well as contribute to a host of diseases, disorders, tumors and cancer. Read about it at www.truthinlabeling.com - 3/16/08