Flax Banana Bread

Photo: flickr user VeryBadLady

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups flour

3/4 cup flaxseed granules

or ground flax

1/2 cup sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 lrg eggs

cup or ½ egg substitute

cup applesauce

1 cup bananas mashed, 2-3 ripe

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350F.

1. In a large bowl mix together flour, flaxseed, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

2. In a separate bowl beat together eggs and applesauce. Add dry ingredients and mashed banana alternately to egg and oil mixture, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened.

3. Pour into a greased loaf pan. Combine nuts, brown sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over batter in loaf pan. Pat down gently into batter. Bake for 55-60 minutes.

YIELD: 1 loaf/20 slices; 1 slice = 119 calories, 1g fat (8%%), 22mg