Low Fat Whole Wheat Banana Bread

I love to have breakfast bread in the morning. This recipe is absolutely yummy for this, and it's filling. My kids love a slice of this with some cottage cheese and fruit in the morning. It's low fat too for those of us struggling to get off that baby weight (can I call it that if my youngest is 9 months?)

Low-Fat Whole Wheat Banana Bread
What you need:

4 T margarine (or butter), softened
¼ C applesauce
2 eggs (2 T. Dehydrated Eggs +1/4 C. Water)
2 T skim milk or water
¾ C packed light brown sugar
1 C mashed banana (2-3 medium bananas)
1 ¾ C Whole Wheat Flour
2 t baking powder
½ t baking soda
¼ t salt (optional)
¼ C coarsely chopped walnuts or pecans
(optional)

Beat margarine, applesauce, eggs, milk, and brown sugar in large mixer bowl until smooth. Add banana and blend at low speed; beat at high speed 1 to 2 minutes. Combine flour, baking
powder, baking soda, and salt; mix into batter. Mix in nuts. Pour batter into greased loaf pan, . Bake at 350º F until bread is golden and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean (55
to 60 minutes). Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan and cool to room temperature.

**Helpful Hint** If you don't have two bread pans but want to double the recipe, you can always put it in a bundt pan (as pictured above). This works great for brunches or anytime you want to "dress up" the bread. Be sure to lengthen the baking time by about 5 or 10 minutes when using the bundt pan

Recipe courtesy of Crystal at family home evening blog
~Bonnie