Easy Banana Bread Recipe with Applesauce

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Easy Banana Bread Recipe with Applesauce

Our beautiful easy banana bread recipe with applesauce uses smarter ingredients so you can enjoy a slice with breakfast or a snack without any guilt.

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 27

Total Time 45

Servings

Author Julie Menghini

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Ingredients

US Customary - Metric

3/4 cup whole wheat flour
3/4 cup all-purpose flour bleached or unbleached
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup bananas 3 medium bananas, mashed
1 tsp vanilla
2 egg whites
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 °F. And spray either 1 loaf pan or 3 mini loaf pans with the non-stick method of your choice.
In a large bowl, combine mashed bananas, applesauce, sugar, vanilla, egg whites, and cinnamon.
In a medium bowl, combine flours, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Whisk together.
Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Mix until just combined.
Pour into a bread pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray. Bake mini loaves 27 to 30 minutes or one large loaf 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Remove from pan and allow to cool on a cooling rack.

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Notes

Baking times: For mini loaves, this will take 27-30 minutes. A 9x5 loaf pan will take up to 40 minutes.

Nutrition

This recipe was calculated using the exact brands and measurements I used to make this recipe. If you are following a strict diet please note changing anything will cause the nutritional info to change. My calculations are intended as a guide only.

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