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Banana-Pecan Bread and Muffins

Servings

2 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
  • 2 1/3 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon Baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons Baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 cups Granulated sugar
  • 4 egg whites
  • 1/2 cup canola oil
  • 1/2 cup skim milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2/3 cup Water
  • 4 ripe bananas mashed well
  • 1/3 cup chopped pecans
  • cooking spray

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Spoon flours into dry measuring cups and level with a knife. Whisk together with the next 4 ingredients (through cinnamon) in a large bowl.
  • Combine sugar, egg whites, oil, milk, lemon juice, vanilla extract, and eggs in a large bowl and beat with a hand mixer at a high speed until blended.
  • Add water and mashed bananas, beating at a low speed until blended together.
  • Add flour mixture to banana mixture and beat at a low speed just until combined (don’t over mix.)
  • Coat 2 loaf pans (9 X 5 inch each) or muffin tins (24 muffins) with cooking spray.
  • Spoon batter into pans and fill half-way. Sprinkle pecans evenly over batter.
  • Bake breads (in loaf pans) for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, or bake muffins (in muffin tins) for 30 minutes and check as above.
  • Cool in pans for 10 minutes and then remove from pans and cool on wire rack.
  • Source: BONNIE TAUB-DIX,MA,RD,CDN