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Apple sauce banana bread

This banana bread is delicious, moist, and dairy free.

Ingredients

4 banana (ripe bananas)
1 cup sugar
3⁄4 cup apple (apple sauce, cooked and pureed apple)
2 egg
2 cups flour (bread flour or all purpose flour)
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a 9” x 5” loaf pan.

In a large bowl, slice the bananas and use an electric mixer to mash. Add the sugar and blend. Let mixture stand for 15 minutes.

Add applesauce and eggs and mix well. Blend in the remaining ingredients.

Pour into the greased loaf pan and bake for 55 minutes.

Remove from the oven and let stand again for 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

  • A loaf of applesauce and banana bread on a wooden board with butter on the side.
Yield
1 loaf
Cooking time
55
Preparation time
35
Total time
1 hour, 30 minutes

Notes

Baking banana bread will fill your kitchen with wonderful aromas that will work as a magnet for kids and adults alike. It is particularly good still a little warm from the oven. This is truly comfort food.

Suitable for toddlers on to family meals. As it is very easy to do, children can help and pre-teens could bake one loaf by themselves.