Applesauce Banana Bread

I love this recipe because it's super easy and there's no oil in it.  The recipe is very, very tasty.

Banana bread is a great way to get rid of old over-ripe bananas that have turned brown and black.  How ripe is too ripe?  There's no official consensus, but from what I've found, as long as there's no mold, you're good to go.  (But please use some common sense...  I don't want anyone heading to the emergency room...)

If you're short on bananas, just use a little more applesauce (1 banana ~ 1/4c applesauce).  And I always have to up the cooking time by about 5-10 minutes, but that could just be because I have an old rickety oven.

Applesauce Banana Bread

Ingredients

4 each bananas ripe
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups flour, all-purpose

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Place bananas in a large bowl and mash with electric mixer.

Stir in sugar and let stand for 15 minutes.

Add applesauce and eggs and beat well.

Add remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly.

Pour into 9x5 inch loaf pan coated with nonstick vegetable spray.

Bake for 45 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.

Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes before removing from pan.

Cool on wire rack.


Original link:
http://recipeland.com/recipes/recipe/applesauce_banana_bread_9514