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Do not be intimidated by the long list of ingredients in this recipe...you will be rewarded for your work! This bread keeps well in the freezer well wrapped.



Apple and Banana Bread

Servings: 10

1 Cup All Purpose Flour
¾ Cup Whole Wheat Flour
2 ½ Teaspoons Baking Powder
½ Teaspoon Salt
¼ Cup Granulated Sugar
¼ Cup Light Brown Sugar
1 Large Egg, lightly beaten
2 Small Bananas, Mashed (about ¾ cup)
1 Small Granny Smith Apple, peeled and diced (about ½ cup)
1/3 Cup Unsweetened Apple Sauce (tested with Mott’s No Sugar Added Granny Smith Apple Sauce, available in individual portions sizes at most grocery stores)
½ Cup Whole Milk
½ Cup Regular Oats, toasted
1 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
1 Teaspoon Ground Cloves
½ Teaspoon Ground Ginger
¼ Teaspoon Ground Nutmeg

Yeild: 1 – 8 ½ inch by 4 inch loaf pan

· To toast the oats pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F. Place the oats in a shallow baking dish like a pie pan or on a baking sheet. Toast in oven for about 10 minutes, stirring frequently to ensure even toasting. Remove oats from oven and add cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg while oats are still hot.

· Combine flours, baking powder, salt, and sugars in a large mixing bowl. Make a well in the center.

· Combine the egg, banana, apple, apple sauce and milk in a small mixing bowl and pour into well in dry ingredients.

· Add oats and spices and stir just to combine, about 15 strokes with a spatula, spoon, or whisk. DO NOT OVER MIX. There will be dry bits, stop stirring after 15 strokes!

· Pour batter into greased loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees F for about one hour or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

· Allow to cool 10 minutes in the pan, then remove the loaf and cool on a wire rack.

· Slice bread and serve warm with butter, margarine, honey, or applesauce.

Nutrition Information:Per Serving: 174 Calories; 2g Fat (8.4% calories from fat); 5g Protein; 37g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber; 23mg Cholesterol; 245mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 ½ Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; ½ Fruit; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 0 Fat; ½ Other Carbohydrates.