Low-fat, High-fiber Yummy Banana Bread

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup oat flour (you can use a food processor to finely grind rolled oats if needed)
• 1/2 cup oat bran
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 3 egg whites
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 3-4 bananas)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees f, set rack at middle. grease and flour one 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 - inch loaf pan.
• 2 in a mixing bowl, combine both flours and oat bran, baking powder and soda, allspice and cinnamon and stir well to mix.
• 3 in a separate bowl, whisk together the sugar, egg whites, applesauce, oil, vanilla and bananas.
• 4 fold the flour mix into the wet mixture, be careful not to overmix.
• 5 scrape the batter into the prepared pan. bake for 45-55 minutes, until well risen and a skewer into the thickest part of the bread comes out clean.
• 6 cool on a rack 5 minutes, then unmold and finish cooling.
• 7 freezes well.