Applesauce Banana Bread

"This is the only banana bread recipe I have used for a few years, my family really likes it."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 5mins
Ingredients:
9
Yields:
1 loaf
Serves:
8-10
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Place bananas in a large bowl and mash with electric mixer.
  • Stir in sugar and let stand 15 minutes.
  • Add applesauce and eggs and beat well.
  • Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
  • Pour into greased 9x5 loaf pan.
  • Bake for 45 minutes, or until wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
  • Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes before removing from pan, cool on wire rack.

Questions & Replies

  1. Is there a sugar alternative that I can use for this recipe?
     
  2. Do I actually add one tablespoon of baking powder or is it a typo?
     
  3. Followed the recipe 100%. Loaf looks good. It's moist and a great texture....but totally lacks in taste. Where did I go wrong?
     
  4. Hello! I’ve made this banana bread a couple times and love the applesauce and consistency! I’ve been wanting to adapt it to muffin form, but haven’t had the time to experiment...do you have any suggestions?
     
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Reviews

  1. Love this recipe! I have made it in one big loaf pan and 4 smaller loaf pans and it turned out great both times. I used 1/2 sugar, 1/2 brown sugar. Also added 1/4tsp cinnamon, 1/8 tsp cloves, 1/8tsp nutmeg. I used no sugar added applesauce and my husband who has the sweet tooth thought it was sweet enough to leave him wanting more..
     
  2. Very nice recipe! I made this this morning to bring to work and I made it into muffins. Here are a few notes that I made: August 20, 2008: 1. I used 6 VERY ripe bananas as that is what I had handy 2. I used Splenda instead of sugar 3. I used unsweetened applesauce 4. I used 1/3 cup of liquid egg whites instead of eggs 5. I used 2 cups of Whole Wheat Flour instead of All-Purpose Flour 6. I added 1/4 cup of Wheat Germ 7. I added 1 teaspoon of cinnamon 8. I made these into 12 large muffins using my Pampered Chef Stoneware Muffin Pan 9. My baking time was exactly 28 minutes (perfection!) Shelly, I hope you don't mind all the changes that I made to your wonderful recipe; I just try to eat as healthy as possible. I will let you know what the girls say when I get home later on tonight. Thanks again for posting! Oh yeah, I took a picture and will have it posted on here shortly. :-)
     
  3. This is delicious. I used Heart Smart Bisquick instead of flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. It came out great.
     
  4. I made the recipe with half the sugar and used 1 cup wheat flour, 1/2 cup white flour, 1/4 cup each of wheat germ and flax seed. The rest of the recipe stayed the same. Then I took out about 1/3 of the batch mixed in 1-2 tablespoons of strawberry jam and put that into a mini loaf pan (baked for 25 min) and the rest went into a small loaf pan (baked for 45 min). They both turned out great. I like the strawberry-banana bread the best. Both were light and fluffy. Thanks for the recipe.
     
  5. I made a few tweaks after reading through the comments and the bread turned out moist, flavorful, delicious, and without the dark crust on the edges. With my tweaks I ended up with two loaves which I baked in disposable pans at the same time for 50 minutes. Perfection!
     
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Tweaks

  1. Add 1c chocolate chips & I used 4 bananas
     
  2. This is soooo good! I used coconut sugar 1/2 cup was plenty instead of regular sugar. 2 cups of almond flour to keep it gluten free, added 1 extra banana to not throw it away and chopped walnuts and some lemon juice to break up banana taste a little bit. So moist, baked for 50mins not 45mins and lovely deep brown top!
     
  3. Great results using 1 cup whole wheat + 1 cup unbleached all purpose flour. Added 1/3 cup dried cranberries and golden raisins. Split mixture two loaves. Super yummy. Thank you.
     
    • Review photo by Millie B.
  4. gluten free, 2 pans
     
  5. I added powdered cinnamon
     

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