Banana Bread

By sunshinemom

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 1/2 cups white flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup butter (Smart Balance!!)
• 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs (or egg substitute)
• 4 overripe bananas
• cinnamon (to taste)
• one loaf pan

Details

Servings 10
Adapted from sunshinemom.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

*In a small bowl, combine flours, baking soda, and salt--set aside. In a large bowl, mash the bananas. I use my Kitchen Aid stand mixer with the paddle attachment. Add butter and applesauce and mix together.
*Add sugar and cinnamon, mix, then add eggs one at a time. I don't measure cinnamon in my recipes, I just shake it out until it looks right. Add to your taste, but I suggest about a tsp or so.
*Now gently add your flours and stir. You can use a spatula or wooden spoon for this step if you are worried about overmixing. Stir until just combined--you don't want your bread to be tough.
*Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan and bake at 350 for 55-60 minutes or until center is baked.
*If you are worried that your oven temperature is not accurate then bake this bread at 325 until the center is baked. A common complaint about quick breads is that the centers are still raw while the sides are overdone, which is most often caused by an oven that is too hot. If it happens, you can tent some foil over the top until the center is done. Another cause of a raw middle is a pan that is too small. Make sure your loaf pan is large enough--if you are unsure, make 2! A crack down the middle of the bread is perfectly normal.
*Let cool for 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack and then turn out