Whole Wheat Banana Bread-1/2 inch slice

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 16
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 85.3
  • Total Fat: 1.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 26.6 mg
  • Sodium: 159.7 mg
  • Total Carbs: 16.4 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.1 g
  • Protein: 3.2 g

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Introduction

Recipe is from the original Southern Living Cooking Light cookbook. The original directions said to bake 1 hour. That is too long for my oven. Start checking for done-ness after 30 minutes. Recipe is from the original Southern Living Cooking Light cookbook. The original directions said to bake 1 hour. That is too long for my oven. Start checking for done-ness after 30 minutes.
Number of Servings: 16

Ingredients

    2 cups whole wheat flour
    ¼ cup wheat germ (or us ¼ cup whole wheat flour)
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    ½ teaspoon salt
    1 ½ cup mashed ripe banana
    ¼ cup vegetable oil
    ¼ cup honey
    2 eggs
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    Vegetable cooking spray

Directions

Combine flour,wheat germ, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture. Combine banana, oil, honey, eggs, and vanilla; add to dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened.

Coat a 9 x 5 x 3-inch loafpan with cooking spray. Spoon batter into pan, and bake at 350 F for 3- 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Yield: 1 loaf (about 118 calories per ½-inch slice)

Bananas can be prepared in advance and frozen for this recipe. Buy them by the bag on sale at the grocery store. Place ¼ cup bottled lemon juice in a blender container and blend peeled bananas until the container is full of banana puree. Pour the bananas into plastic containers, seal, and freeze until ready to use.


Number of Servings: 16


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