Truly Banana Bread

Submitted by love4culinary

"This banana bread has a very rich banana flavor; there is simply nothing to hide it! Its fluffy, tasty, and simple :)"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 1 loaf

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup plain yogurt
• 1⁄4 cup chunky cinnamon applesauce
• 3 medium ripe bananas, mashed
• 1 3⁄4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 2 3⁄4 teaspoons baking powder

directions

1. Preheat your oven to 350°F.
2. Butter a loaf pan and set aside.
3. In a medium sized bowl, cream your sugar and butter.
4. Next, stir in your yogurt and apple sauce.
5. Blend in your mashed bananas.
6. In a separate bowl, combine flour and baking powder.
7. Slowly add your flour mixture to the wet mixture, just mixing until combined.
8. Put thick batter into your loaf pan and level the top off.
9. Bake in preheated oven for approximately 1 hour, until toothpick comes clean when inserted into a few places in the bread.

Reviews

[ddav0962]

Really fantastic banana bread!! I used 1/2 cup of splenda in place of the 1 cup sugar called for, and also threw in 1 cup of frozen blueberries at the very end of folding in the flour mixture. This bread came out so moist and full of flavor that it's simply awesome! I need not look further for another banana bread recipe. I will try different fruits other than blueberry to add to the banana in the future.

 

[KelBel]

YUM! Moist and Fruity. I used a mango/peach applesauce and it gave it a nice bright flavor. I liked the fact there were no eggs. I also used nofat vanilla yogurt and it worked great. Also, it uses three bananas, so it's great when you need to use a lot quickly. This is a keeper.