Applesauce Banana Bread

This dairy-free and oil-free Banana Bread uses applesauce in place of oil without sacrificing any flavor. You get a delicious, tender loaf without any of the guilt perfect for breakfast or dessert.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword applesauce, baking, bananas, bread, breakfast, budget meal, cinnamon, dairy free, dessert, vegetarian

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 55

Additional Time 10

Total Time 1 15

Servings loaf (12 slices)

Calories 177kcal

Author Sarah Pyle

Equipment

Ingredients

4 bananas ripe or previously frozen (about 1 cup mashed)
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a 9” x 5” loaf pan with butter or cooking spray.
In a large bowl, mash bananas well with a fork or use a hand mixer.
Add sugar and beat until well combined.
Add applesauce, eggs and vanilla to wet mixture and mix to combine.
In a separate bowl, whisk together all-purpose flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
Pour dry ingredients into wet ingredients and stir gently until just combined.
Pour into the greased loaf pan and bake for 50-55 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the loaf comes out clean and free of batter or crumbs.
Let loaf cool in loaf pan for 10 minutes. Remove from loaf pan and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

This recipe is perfect to use up bananas that are too ripe for you to eat raw. You can peel the bananas and store them in a freezer bag. Add overly ripe bananas to the bag until you have enough to bake a recipe. You can also freeze the bananas whole in their peel and they will come right out of the peels once thawed.

Feel free to add up to 1/2 cup of chopped pecans or walnuts if you prefer a banana nut bread.

To bake muffins, portion 1/3 cup batter until greased or cupcake lined muffin tin and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25-30 minutes, or unitl a toothpick inserted comes out clean. For mini muffins, bake for 12-14 minutes.

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