Banana Walnut Bread
Perfect for a snack between meals, this banana bread is sweet and moist with a scattering of walnuts.
Serves: 12
Ingredients:
- 2 very ripe large bananas
-
1/4 teaspoon powdered stevia extract
(or 1 g. packet of Now Stevia Extract) - 1/2 teaspoon stevia concentrate
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup canola oil
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup plain low-fat yogurt
- 1 teaspoon real vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350º.
- Spray 9"x5" loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Mash the bananas in a small bowl and combine with stevia extract, stevia concentrate, and lemon juice. Set aside.
- Sift dry ingredients together in a bowl.
- Beat the oil and egg together in a mixing bowl until creamy.
- Beat in yogurt or buttermilk and the vanilla.
- Combine moist ingredients.
- Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, stirring as little as possible. Be careful not to over mix (this can make bread tough).
- Gently fold in walnuts.
- Pour into loaf pan.
- Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center of the loaf.
- Remove from pan and cool loaf on a rack.
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