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August 17, 2022

Hi All!

I keep getting loaded up with bananas and we can't gobble them up quickly enough. I have a few great tips below but my favorite thing is to make muffins etc. Today's recipe is a nice hearty version of banana bread because it includes whole wheat and is nicely sweet. This travels well for those snack attacks anytime and when we hit the road for our summer vacation finale at roller-coaster-ville with the kids end of the month we'll definitely be packing snacks. We love things like this in the morning with a cup of coffee to quiet the tummy and keep a few of those mini plastic bottles of milk chilled in the cooler to hit the spot too. This bread keeps 4 to 5 days and also freezes well.

Enjoy!
Marzee

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HEARTY WHOLE WHEAT & SWEET BANANA BREAD

INGREDIENTS:
Topping:
1/2 banana, chopped
1/2 cup rolled oats (not quick-cooking or instant)
1/4 cup light brown sugar

Bread:
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup light brown sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
2 ripe medium bananas
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup lowfat buttermilk
1 Tbsp. canola oil

DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 9x5x2 1/2 inch loaf pan with cooking spray. In small bowl, combine topping ingredients. Set aside. In large bowl, whisk together flours, remaining sugar, baking powder and salt to combine. In another small bowl, mash bananas. Mix in eggs, buttermilk and oil. Stir wet ingredients into dry ones, mixing just until combined. Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle topping evenly over batter. Bake until knife inserted into center of bread comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Let loaf rest in pan 10 minutes. Turn out onto baking rack and cool completely. Serve or wrap in foil and use later.

MARZEE's CORNER

WHAT TO DO WITH OVERRIPENED BANANAS?

* Peel and mash them to use in a quick banana bread or even a corn bread recipe. Mashed bananas over pancakes are mighty tasty and you save some of the calories, too. A great idea for mashed bananas is to top your cooked cereal in the morning.

* Peel and cut into 1-inch chunks and put in a the blender with some soy milk, dates, raisins, and a little cinnamon. A tasty shake like this can help get you going in the morning.