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LOW FAT BANANA BREAD

Serves 12
One 5 A Day serving

Ingredients
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup white sugar
• 2 very ripe bananas, mashed
• ¼ cup applesauce
• 1/3 cup nonfat milk
• 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
• ¾Tbsp vanilla extract
• 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• 1/3 cup chopped walnuts


Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray a full size bread pan with non-stick cooking spray, and lightly dust with flour.
In a large bowl, beat eggs and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
Beat in bananas, applesauce, milk, oil and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Stir flour mixture into banana mixture, mixing just until blended.
Fold in walnuts.
Pour batter into prepared pan do not fill more than 1/2 full - if you are using smaller pans, be sure not to fill them more than 1/2 full or they will overflow while baking.
Bake in preheated pan until golden and a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour.
Turn bread out onto a wire rack and let cool.


Nutritional analysis per serving: Calories 182, Fat 4g, Calories from Fat 8%, Cholesterol 36mg, Fiber 1g, Sodium 207mg, Protein 4g.