WW Recipe of the Day: Low-Fat Banana Bread with Dates and Apricots
Healthy whole wheat banana bread jazzed up with dates and apricots.
Have you ever added chopped dates and apricots to banana bread?
I hadn't until now.
Low Fat Banana Bread with Dates & Apricots
Recipe Notes
I got the idea for adding chopped dates and apricots to banana bread while thumbing through an older version of the Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook (affiliate link).
I love both dates and apricots and usually have them in my pantry, but had never thought of stirring them into banana bread batter.
WW Low-Fat Banana Bread Batter
That's why I'm always reading cookbooks for ideas, I guess!
But, instead of following that recipe, I decided to add chopped dates and apricots to my Favorite Low-Fat Banana Bread Recipe, tweaking it only slightly.
Banana bread is one of my favorite things.
If you like dense moist banana bread, you'll want to give this one with apricots and dates a try.
Weight Watchers Friendly Low Fat Banana Bread with Dates & Apricots
It's low in fat since all the moisture comes from the mashed bananas and relatively low in added sugar, because the dates add a lot of sweetness. Everyone who tasted it liked it and it.
How Many Calories and WW Points in this Banana Bread?
According to my calculations, each slice has about 161 calories and:
4 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
4 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
4 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
4 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
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Low-Fat Whole Wheat Banana Bread Recipe Variations:
Other additions (instead of dates and apricots) I want to try:
- ½ cup shredded coconut
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
- ½ cup applesauce
- ½ cup drained crushed pineapple
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Low Fat Banana Bread with Dates & Apricots
Ingredients
- 4 ripe bananas, well mashed
- 2 large eggs, well beaten
- 1-¾ cups whole wheat pastry flour
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1-½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 8 dried dates, chopped
- 8 dried apricot halves, chopped
Instructions
- Position an oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350F degrees.
- Spray a 9x5-inch loaf pan (affiliate link) with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl mix together the banana and eggs until well blended.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon until well blended. Stir in the chopped dates and apricot halves.
- Add the flour mixture to the banana mixture and stir just until blended.
- Scrape the batter into the prepared loaf pan (affiliate link) and bake until a toothipick inserted in the center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and place the pan on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes then remove the loaf of bread from the pan and place it directly on the wire rack to cool completely.
Equipment
Recipe Notes
- ½ cup shredded coconut
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
- ½ cup applesauce
- ½ cup drained crushed pineapple
Recipe inspiration: Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook (affiliate link)
*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
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