June 18, 2012

Healthy Banana Bread

Let's talk about the good old days.

Remember the days of only college students having Facebook?  Remember how you had to belong to a college network?  Remember how your grandmother's friends didn't try to "friend" you?  Nor did the 9 year olds that you taught everyday.

Do you remember??

Oh, I do.  And I miss it.

Facebook is now such a conglomeration of crap.  It's like the equivalent of the community phone book/message board. For ADULTS.  I don't care if I'm 26 1/2 years old.  I still don't consider myself an adult.
I do genuinely appreciate the fact that I can keep in touch with college classmates via Facebook.  But that's about it... And because we all know Facebookers who treat that Update Status box as their own personal diary... That chick from Bridesmaids cracks me up...
Also in the good old days??  I ate banana bread with cream cheese icing by the loaf.
If you log in to your Facebook page, you'll see that we are no longer in the good old days so, for one reason or another, I felt the need to try a healthier recipe for my beloved banana bread.
I tried an oatmeal banana bread recipe awhile back and I didn't like it at all.  Which was weird.  Because I like bananas and I like oatmeal.  But together, with no sugar or Crisco, they didn't mesh well. So I tried a new whole-wheat banana bread recipe.  And it was really good. Whole Wheat Honey Banana Bread
makes one 9-inch loaf pan
2 cups whole-wheat flour
1 t. baking soda
2 t. vanilla
1/2 cup sugar-free applesauce
1/2 cup honey (The original recipe called for 3/4 cup.  I found 1/2 cup to be almost too sweet, so I might knock it down to 1/3 cup next time.)
3 ripe bananas, mashed
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, mix the eggs, honey, applesauce, and vanilla with an electric mixer.  Add in the flour, baking soda, salt, and bananas.  Blend it well.
Pour into a greased loaf pan and bake for 55-65 minutes.  Mine took about an hour.  It's done when a butter knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
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