Banana Bread with Toasted Walnuts

By Hklbrries

It's hard to imagine banana bread without nuts. This lower-fat version has a small amount of walnuts, toasted to enhance their flavor, and fiber-rich whole-wheat flour.

Quick Tip: Out of buttermilk? Use nonfat plain yogurt. Out of yogurt? Use 1/3 cup 2% reduced-fat milk with 1 tsp vinegar or lemon juice.

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana (about 3 medium)
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 egg whites
• 1/3 cup buttermilk or yogurt
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1/4 cup chopped toasted walnuts

Details

Servings 12
Adapted from relishmag.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 F. Coat an 8x4-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.

Combine all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Stir well.

Combine banana, sugar, egg, egg whites, buttermilk and oil; beat with a mixer at medium speed until blended. Add flour mixture; beat at low speed just until evenly blended. Stir in walnuts. Pour into pan.

Bake 60 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 15 minutes. Remove from pan and finish cooling on rack.

Nutritional Analysis:

Per serving:
190 calories
7 g fat
20 mg cholesterol
4 g protein
31 g carbohydrates
2 g fiber
210 mg sodium