Low Calorie Banana Bread

Submitted by Chef #1345159

"VERY low in calories"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 2 loafs
• Serves: 24

ingredients

• 2 mashed bananas
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened applesauce
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1 dash salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoons nonfat milk
• 3⁄4 cup white flour

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350° and spray two mini-baking pans with non-stick cooking spray.
2. Place all ingredients but flour in a medium-sized mixing bowl and gently mix by hand until smooth.
3. Add in flour to wet ingredients.
4. Cook about 20 minutes - or until golden brown.

Reviews

[aretina]

This was so easy to make and turned out excellent. I used egg beaters, whole wheat flour, and Splenda sugar. My bread pan is a little big so I'd probably double the recipe next time. Also is excellent for French Toast! :)

 

[HEALTH CHICK]

These are great! I made these for christmas when my family went to a cabin and there ended up not being any bread loaf pans so I had to use a square 8x8 pan and cut it in little bars which still made 24 servings. My family loved them and will make them again soon!

 

[nancibras]

This turned out great - with some adjustments....made due to some of the reviews I read but mostly due to what ingredients I had on hand. Instead of the sugar I used 1/4 cup of agave nectar (it was the perfect sweetness level for me but if you like your cakes a little sweeter you should up it to 1/3 cup....keep in mind if you add the full half cup of agave as it asks for sweetener, it will be very sweet - agave is about 25% sweeter than sugar). I also used whole wheat flour - but a full cup (since I was using agave which is liquid it needed a bit more flour...and in addition to the baking powder, I also added the same amount of baking soda. I also used 2% milk as it's all I had on hand. As well, instead of 2 mini pans I put everything in to one loaf pan measuring about 8x3x2". It needs about a half hour to fully bake and rise. My husband is not a banana fan at all but he polished off half the loaf in one sitting!

 

[Glen C.]

The recipe didn't work. I cooked it for 40 minutes and it never rose and only the edges cooked. I followed the recipe EXACTLY, but I think that may have been the problem... The recipe asks for baking powder but I think maybe it should be baking soda

 

[Sanghera.Sharan]

I doubled the recipe as the measurements seemed small for my bread pan and it worked out great! I made my own applesauce to which I added some cloves and cinnamon, which I think gave the bread some extra flavour. I will probably use a bit less sugar next time as it was a bit sweet for me. It took 50 minutes in the oven.