Most banana bread recipes use butter to make the bread moist. This recipe uses non-fat buttermilk as a moist and tasty alternative. Feel free to add 1/2 cup chopped walnuts if you like.
If you like this banana bread recipe, you may also want to try low-fat pumpkin bread and strawberry bread with cream.
Low Fat Banana Bread Recipe
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 large ripe bananas, mashed
- 1/3 cup nonfat buttermilk
- 1 Tbsp. canola oil
- 1 Tbsp. vanilla
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup white whole wheat flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray a loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray. Beat eggs and sugar together in a large mixing bowl using an electric mixer. Whisk in bananas, buttermilk, oil and vanilla. Sift together flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small bowl. Fold into wet ingredients.
Makes 16 slices.
Per slice: 130 calories, 2 g fat (0 g saturated), 27 mg cholesterol, 36 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein, 1% Vitamin A, 2% Vitamin C, 5% calcium, 5% iron
