Carlo's Lite Banana Bread

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Carlo's LITE Banana Bread
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INGREDIENTS:

2 cups flour (I only use whole-wheat flour but my wife says it tastes so "healthy"! You can mix with white flour or use white flour alone, depending on what you prefer.)

1 and 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 and 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup apple sauce (I make my own in the restaurant; but when at home, I just use the ones bought in the supermarket.)

3 pieces very ripe bananas (The more ripe the bananas, the sweeter your bread will be.)

2 eggs

2 tablespoons low-fat yoghurt

4 tablespoons honey

1 teaspoon vanilla extract


PROCEDURE:

1. Pre-heat your oven to 175°C (350°F). If you have a convection oven, preheat to 150°C (300°F) only.

2. Mix flour, baking powder and baking soda in a bowl.

3. In another bowl, mash bananas with a fork. I like mine chunky, so I don't mash too much. Mix together applesauce, bananas, eggs, honey, vanilla extract and yoghurt.

4. Incorporate the two bowls together (dry ingredients with the wet ingredients). Mix just enough to bring the batter together. Do not overmix.

5. Place in a silicone-paper lined loaf tin and bake in the middle of your oven for 45-50 minutes, or until a knife comes out of the middle of the bread completely clean.

6. Remove the tin from the oven and allow to cool slightly before removing the bread from the tin and placing on a cooling rack to cool fully.

7. ENJOY!