banana bread with flax

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 10
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 306.2
  • Total Fat: 14.7 g
  • Cholesterol: 67.0 mg
  • Sodium: 199.0 mg
  • Total Carbs: 45.6 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 4.5 g
  • Protein: 5.6 g

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Introduction

A basic banana bread recipe that I replaced some of the flour with flax seed meal to boost the nutrition content. A basic banana bread recipe that I replaced some of the flour with flax seed meal to boost the nutrition content.
Number of Servings: 10

Ingredients

    2 large Egg, fresh, whole, raw
    1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
    0.5 cup Flour - Gold medal all purpose flour
    8 tbsp *Flax Seed Meal (ground flax)
    1 tsp Baking Powder
    .25 tsp Salt
    .5 cup Butter, salted
    4 medium (7" to 7-7/8" long) Banana, fresh
    .5 cup Sour Cream
    1 cup, unpacked Brown Sugar

Tips

You can add flavorings (vanilla, almond extract, etc.) and spices (cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, etc.) to your taste.


Directions

Blend butter and sugar until creamy. Stir in eggs. Stir in sour cream. Add 1 tsp. of vanilla if desired. Mash banana and add to mixture.
In a separate bowl measure dry ingredients and whisk together. Add spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg or ginger if desired.
Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix lightly until combined. Pour into a prepared loaf pan (greased and floured, or lined with parchment) and bake at 350 for 60-65 minutes, until a knife or toothpick comes out with moist, but not wet crumbs.
Cool completely and slice. Serve plain or with your favorite toppings, butter, jam, lemon curd, etc.

Serving Size: 10 slices per loaf

Number of Servings: 10

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LORRAINELIGGERA.

TAGS:  Snacks | Snack | Snacks Snack |