These are some of our favorite recipes, mostly from Cooking Light, but we tend to edit portions and ingredients
that suit our taste buds (e.g. when a recipe calls for 1 minced garlic clove, we use about 4 :) ).
Other recipes are passed down from family and friends.
Enjoy!

Monday, October 11, 2010

Peanut Butter Banana Bread

Yum! I've decided banana bread is just an excuse to have cake for breakfast, lunch, snack...whenever! Bananas and peanut butter, one of my favorite combinations!
I had never used yogurt or flaxseed in bread, but it turned out great!
We skipped the glaze (I know, crazy talk, right?!), but it was still delicious, and I bet the glaze makes it even better!
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=10000002012779

Peanut butter is whipped into the basic recipe for a moist banana bread with a hint of nutty flavor. A small amount of chopped roasted peanuts offers delightfully surprising crunch.
Yield: 16 servings (serving size: 1 slice)
Ingredients
Bread:
* 1 1/2 cups mashed ripe banana
* 1 (6-ounce) container plain fat-free yogurt
* 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
* 1/3 cup applesauce
* 1 large egg
* 1/2 cup granulated sugar
* 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
* 6.75 ounces all-purpose flour (about 1 1/2 cups)
* 1/4 cup ground flaxseed
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1 teaspoon ground allspice
* 2 tablespoons chopped dry-roasted peanuts
* Cooking spray
Glaze:
* 1/3 cup powdered sugar
* 1 tablespoon 1% low-fat milk
* 1 tablespoon creamy peanut butter
Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. To prepare bread, combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed. Add granulated and brown sugars; beat until blended.
3. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 5 ingredients (through allspice) in a small bowl. Add flour mixture to banana mixture; beat just until blended. Stir in nuts. Pour batter into a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven; cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack. Remove bread from pan; cool.
4. To prepare glaze, combine powdered sugar, milk, and 1 tablespoon peanut butter in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk. Drizzle glaze over bread.

This is the info for Cooking Light's original recipe, but I lightened it up even more by using applesauce in place of the butter and 1 of the eggs (so I only use 1 egg instead of 2 and no butter at all), more yogurt, and PB2 (powdered peanut butter) in place of regular, so my version is even healthier and yet still delicious!
Nutritional Information
Calories: 198
Fat: 7.4g (sat 2.3g,mono 2.7g,poly 1.8g)
Protein: 4.7g
Carbohydrate: 29.7g
Fiber: 1.9g
Cholesterol: 28mg
Iron: 1.1mg
Sodium: 200mg
Calcium: 27mg

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