Laura's Best Tropical Banana Bread

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Nutritional Info

Servings Per Recipe: 24
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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Introduction

This isn't low-fat, but the use of Splenda does bring down the calories...It's a very moist bread. Great to take to potlucks or office parties. This isn't low-fat, but the use of Splenda does bring down the calories...It's a very moist bread. Great to take to potlucks or office parties.

Minutes to Prepare: 30

Minutes to Cook: 60

Number of Servings: 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)

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.