The Many Faces of Me

Cooking MeBy Amanda Gonyea

Sugar Free Banana Nut Quick Bread

Recipe1 ½ C Mashed Bananas1/3 C Vegetable Oil2 Large Eggs½ C Water1 tsp Vanilla2 C Flour1 tsp Baking Soda1 tsp Baking Powder½ tsp Cinnamon½ tsp Nutmeg1 C Chopped nuts

oBeat together mashed banana, oil, water, and eggs until creamy.

oAdd Vanilla to the wet ingredients.

oMix flour, baking soda, baking powder, and spices in a separate bowl.

oAdd dry ingredients to wet ingredients and beat well until wet and bubbly.

oSpoon batter in to oiled and floured 9x5 loaf pan.

oBake at 325°F oven for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in the pan completely on a rack before slicing.

Ingredients and Utensils Needed:

Let’s do a little prep work first

Helpful tip: Use a simple fork to mash your bananas. A fork does a great job on the banana with no special equipment and no added expense.

Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl

Combine Wet Ingredients

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients mixing as you go.

Batter will begin to bubble and swell from the baking soda and baking powder. You need these bubbles to make a beautifully moist quick bread with a light, but firm texture. Without the bubbles, your bread will become dense and dry.

Now that everything is well blended, carefully fold your finely chopped nuts into the batter. Make sure to give it a good stir so they distribute evenly throughout the bread.

Carefully pour your fluffy batter into your greased and floured pans. Try to keep the batter off the edges!

Pop your quick bread into a 325°F for about 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Times up, pull your bread out! The top is golden-brown and crispy and makes a beautiful crunch sound when you push the toothpick through. The inside is moist and light. Place it on a cooling rack still in the pan.

After the bread cools, turn the pan over and it will pop right out as long as you have oiled and floured your pans well.

Eat it plain, with a little butter, or a lot of butter. But don’t forget to use a yummy low fat butter substitute like Brummel and Brown Yoghurt Blend. Now cut off a hunk and enjoy!