Low-Fat Banana Bread

Name: Low-Fat Banana Bread
Yield: One 8½ x 4½ x 2¾-inch loaf, about 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon ground allspice; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 2½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; ½ cup unsweetened applesauce; 3 egg whites; 1 cup sugar; 2 cups mashed very ripe bananas (about 4 bananas); 2 cups mashed very ripe bananas (about 4 bananas); 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation info

One 8½ x 4½ x 2¾ inch loaf, about
8
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Bake

By Nick Malgieri

Published 1995

About

Yet another banana bread—this time a low-fat version that works particularly well. Bananas provide the sweetness, moisture, and tenderness often lacking in baked goods that are low in fat. This is so good, the absence of fat isn’t even apparent.

Ingredients

2½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1

Americas
United States
Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Set a rack at the middle level of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees.
In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and soda, and allspice and stir well to mix.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the sugar, egg whites, applesauce, oil,