Applesauce Banana Bread

bozzalev
bozzalev @cook_3136573

This is the best banana bread recipe I've made so far. It has less sugar, and I use half wheat flour to make it a little healthier. The applesauce helps it stay moist. I've even made muffins out of the recipe! I like to add a crumb topping, makes it a sweet treat!

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Ingredients

20 mins
  1. 3 mediumbananas
  2. 1 cuppacked brown sugar
  3. 1/2 cupApplesauce, unsweetened
  4. 2 largeeggs
  5. 1 tspvanilla extract
  6. 1 tspbaking soda
  7. 1 tbspbaking powder
  8. 1 tspsalt
  9. 1 cupall-purpose flour
  10. 1 cupwheat flour

Cooking Instructions

20 mins
  1. 1

    Pre-heat oven to 350°F.

  2. 2

    Mash up bananas and place in large bowl. Stir in brown sugar and let sit about 15 minutes.

  3. 3

    Meanwhile, grease the bottom and half-way up the sides of loaf pan. Set aside.

  4. 4

    Add applesauce, eggs and vanilla to banana mixture and beat well.

  5. 5

    In medium bowl, mix the flours, baking soda, baking powder and salt.

  6. 6

    Gradually mix in flour mixture with banana mixture. Pour into greased pan.

  7. 7

    *Optional crumb topping- in a small bowl, mix 2 tablespoons flour, cinnamon, 1/3 cup brown sugar. Cut in 1 tablespoon of butter and mix until it resembles cornmeal. Sprinkle on top of the batter before you place the pan in the oven to bake.

  8. 8

    Bake for about 45 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove from oven, let stand 10 minutes, then remove from pan and let cool completely on wire rack.

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