Banana Bread

Naughty Ana over at governingana has been making all kinds of bread, including banana bread...and NOT sharing any with us!  Who wants to volunteer to go spank her!  

Anywho...I thought I would share one of my recipes.   Here is a Banana bread recipe that uses applesauce and honey rather than oil and sugar for a nice change.  It is very easy!

Ingredients

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup applesauce

3/4 cup honey

2 eggs – beaten

3 very ripe bananas – mashed

1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Tear off a sheet of parchment paper large enough to line the bottom and sides of a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
3. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.  Stir well.
4. In a separate bowl, mix together applesauce and honey.
5. Stir eggs and mashed bananas in to applesauce/honey mixture until well blended.
6. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture – just enough to moisten so there are no dry ingredients. 
7. Stir in walnuts - if using.
8. Pour batter into lined loaf pan.
9. Bake approximately 60 to 65 minutes, until a knife inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean.
10. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

Notes:

• If you don’t have or don’t want to use parchment paper, then lightly grease the loaf pan.
• Sometimes I use whole wheat flour rather than white flour.
• You can always use nuts other than walnuts...they are just my favorite. 
• You don't have to use any nuts if you don't want to!  LOL

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask and if you try the recipe, as always, I would love any feedback you would care to give.