Amazing Oat Bran Banana Bread
Posted on August 22, 2011 by admin
Rose’s Amazing Oat Bran Banana Bread

Before
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
2 ¼ teaspoons double acting baking powder
½ teaspoon salt

1/3 cup shortening
2/3 cup sugar
¾ teaspoon grated lemon rind

1 to 2 eggs
1 to 2 cups ripe banana pulp

½ cup broken nut meats
¼ cup finely chopped apricots or raisins
Delicious BUT high fat, high sugar, low fiber.
We can keep the delicious flavor and moist texture, while cutting the fat and sugar and increasing the fiber.

Here’s the recipe makeover:

After
Preheat oven to 325 degrees
Mix:
1 ¾ cups Oat Bran (or mix your grains: some oat bran, some oatmeal or other whole grains to equal the total amount)
2 ¼ teaspoon double acting baking powder
½ teaspoon salt

Blend until creamy:
1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
½ cup organic sugar (evaporated cane juice or turbinado sugar)

Beat in
4 egg whites, beaten
1-2 cups ripe banana pulp, “smushed” with a fork works well.

Add the dry ingredients in about 3 parts to the wet mixture.
Fold in
½ cup raisins (optional) or chocolate chips (optional naughty version)

Place the batter in a glass bread pan or pie dish “sprayed” with oil/PAM
Bake the bread for about one hour or until done. (brown on top, slightly firm in center)
Cool before slicing.
Refrigerate after day one, if it even lasts that long.