How to Make Healthy Banana Nut Bread

Banana nut bread is an easy and healthy way to use up uneaten bananas before they rot. This recipe for banana bread uses applesauce instead of oil, which decreases any unhealthy fats. Adding applesauce to bread recipes also produces a fluffier bread.

Things You'll Need

• 1 3/4 cup flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup mashed bananas
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
• 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
• Loaf pan

Instructions

1. Combine 1 3/4 cups of flour, 2 tsp. of baking powder, 1/2 tsp. of baking soda and 1/2 tsp. of salt in a medium mixing bowl.

2. Combine the 3/4 cup of sugar, 1/2 cup of applesauce and 2 eggs in another bowl. Beat the mixture vigorously with a whisk until it is frothy.

3. Add 1 cup of mashed bananas to the applesauce mixture and continue to beat it with whisk.

4. Fold in the flour mixture and the nuts. Stir the batter with a spoon until it is thoroughly blended.

5. Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan and bake for one hour at 350 degrees.

6. Sprinkle cinnamon on the top of the bread while the bread is still warm. Serve immediately.