Bon Appétits Low Fat Banana Bread Food

OUR FAVORITE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x5" loaf pan with butter and dust with flour, tapping out any excess.
• Combine banana, sour cream, and vanilla in a medium bowl. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
• Using an electric mixer, beat butter and brown sugar on medium speed in another large bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 1/2 minutes. Add eggs one at a time and beat on medium speed until fully combined, about 1 minute each. Add banana mixture and beat until just combined, about 30 seconds. Add dry ingredients in 2 batches, beating on low after each addition and scraping down sides of bowl if necessary, until fully incorporated, about 20 seconds per batch. Fold in walnuts. Transfer batter to prepared pan and smooth top with a spatula.
• Bake, rotating halfway through, until batter is set, top is dark golden brown and starting to crack, sides are starting to pull away from pan, and a tester inserted into center of bread comes out clean, 60-65 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack at least 15 minutes. Run a butter knife around perimeter of pan to loosen loaf, then tap pan gently on its side until loaf releases. Transfer to a cutting board or plate and let cool completely before slicing.

ALMOST NO FAT BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly grease an 8x4 inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon.
• Add egg whites, bananas and applesauce; stir just until combined. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 55 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of loaf comes out clean.
• Turn out onto wire rack and allow to cool before slicing.

BANANA BREAD (LOW FAT, LOW SUGAR, WHOLE WHEAT)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a bowl, mash the bananas and mix with eggs and applesauce.
• Add in the baking powder, baking soda, salt, sugar and flours.
• Mix well.
• Grease a bread pan with cooking spray and pour the mixture into the pan.
• Bake for 45 minutes to an hour.
• Serve warm, either plain or with peanut butter or nutella!

HEALTHY LOW-FAT BANANA ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Whisk together white flour, wheat flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and salt.
• In a separate bowl, beat the eggs.
• Add the sugar, oil, applesauce, and mashed bananas to the eggs; mix well.
• Add the vanilla.
• Combine the wet and dry mixtures. Stir until just combined.
• Fold in the zucchini and raisins.
• Pour into 2 lightly greased loaf pans (9x5-inch).
• Bake for 45-50 minutes or until a knife comes out clean.

BON APPéTIT'S LOW-FAT BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F Lightly grease 8 1/2x4 1/2x2 1/2-inch pan; dust with flour.
• Using electric mixer; beat eggs and sugar in large bowl until thick and light, about 5 minutes. Mix in smashed bananas, buttermilk, oil and vanilla.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt over mixture; beat until just blended. Transfer batter to prepared pan.
• Bake bread until golden brown on top and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Turn bread out onto rack and cool.