WW Recipe of the Day: Healthy Low Fat Applesauce Banana Bread
My favorite thing to make with overripe bananas is banana bread.
Weight Watchers Friendly Low Fat Banana Bread
The other alternative is to peel and toss them into a zipper lock bag for the freezer where they are ready and waiting to be added to healthy smoothies, protein shakes and "ice cream".
I have lots of different recipes for healthy Weight Watchers friendly banana bread recipes here on Simple Nourished Living.
This one is a bit different.
Made from a combination of applesauce and bananas, this healthy applesauce banana bread is as easy as it is delicious.
And it hasn't doubled in SmartPoints the way so many sweet treats have under the Weight Watchers Beyond the Scale Program.
I think I've discovered the secret to making sweet treats with a moderate amount of SmartPoints that doesn't require resorting to artificial sweeteners!
Splenda gives me a headache and I don't like the bitter aftertaste of stevia, but I'm continue to experiment with Truvia (affiliate link).
Healthy Applesauce
I prefer to try to just keep the amount of sugar as low as possible, use mashed 0 Points fruit like unsweetened applesauce and bananas for natural moisture and sweetness, and use as little fat as possible.
Applesauce Banana Bread Recipe Notes
The original recipe called for baking mix such as Jiffy or Bisquick, which while convenient, now that I'm an avid food label reader, I realize isn't the healthiest choice ever. So I substituted flour, baking powder and salt instead.
I used white whole-wheat flour to bump up the nutrition a bit. Feel free to substitute all-purpose flour or a combination of white-wheat and all-purpose if you prefer.
Banana Bread with Applesauce
I haven't tried this recipe with regular whole wheat flour which can be much heavier and more dense.
As a longtime Weight Watcher, my kitchen is equipped with a digital kitchen scale (affiliate link), which I now routinely use to weigh my flour instead of measuring it when baking, because it provides more accuracy and consistency.
If you have issues with managing portion-control when it comes to baked goods, you could always use this recipe to make mini-loaves, muffins or mini muffins instead.
How Many Calories/WW Points in this WW Friendly Applesauce Banana Bread?
According to my calculations each slice has 120 calories and:
3 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
3 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
3 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
3 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
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Kitchen Tools I Used to Make this Banana Bread:
- Mixing Bowls (affiliate link)
- Potato Masher (affiliate link)
- 9 x 5 inch loaf pan (affiliate link)
- Digital Kitchen Scale (affiliate link)
If you like this easy recipe for banana bread with applesauce, be sure to check out some of my other easy healthy Weight Watchers friendly recipes including Low-Fat Banana Nut Bread, Bran Banana Chocolate Chip Bread, Individual "Banana Bread" Baked Oatmeal Cups, Cashew Banana Mini Muffins and Mini Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Banana Muffins
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Low-Fat Applesauce Banana Bread Recipe
Ingredients
- ¾ cup mashed ripe bananas (2 or 3 medium)
- ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven 350F degrees. Coat a nonstick 9x5-inch loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat together the bananas, applesauce, brown sugar and eggs until creamy.
- Stir in the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt until just blended.
- Scrape the mixture into the prepared loaf pan.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted comes out clean, 55 to 65 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and set the pan on a wire rack to cool.
- Cool in pan for 15 minutes and then remove from the pan by carefully tipping the loaf out of the pan.
- Set banana bread loaf on wire rack to cool completely.
Recipe Notes
*PersonalPoints® 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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Gloria petrey
Cooking low fat creates something a little different from high fat baking so you just need to get past that and this bread turned out delicious and it feels good to eat it bc I know I’m eating healthy too. Win, win.
William Christian
I make them in a muffin pan too 😀
Maggie
I love this recipe, it's been my go to for years for banana bread. One of the first things I leaned to bake
Kelly
This was good and I loved the simplicity of the ingredients! I baked for 55 mins and it was slightly overbaked. Next time I'll check around the 45 min mark. I may also try it without the cinnamon. Thanks for this recipe!
KB
I doubled the recipe and the 2 loaves were done at about 30 minutes! with good structure but only slight banana flavor— i had to tell my daughter what it was.
Teresa
Made this with the Splenda/ brown sugar blend. Added 1/2 tsp. Vanilla, 1/2 c chopped pecans and cut baking time back by about 7 minutes. Just check it close to the end, is what I’m saying. Nice to have something sweet when the urge hits.