Easy Healthy Low Fat Applesauce Banana Bread – 3 SmartPoints

Weight Watchers Recipe of the Day: Easy Healthy Low Fat Applesauce Banana Bread

My favorite thing to make with overripe bananas is 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 and protein shakes.

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.

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.

This Skinny on Low Fat Applesauce Banana Bread

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.

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 scale, 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 portion control when it comes to baked goods, you could always use this recipe to make mini-loaves, muffins or mini muffins instead.

According to my calculations each slice has 120 calories, *3 Weight Watches PointsPlus and *3 WW SmartPoints. Enjoy!

Kitchen Tools I Used to Make this Banana Bread:

• Mixing Bowls
• Potato Masher
• 9×5-inch Loaf Pan
• Digital Scale

Watch how easy it is to make your own healthy applesauce banana bread at home:

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 Simple 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.

*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 Weight Watchers Zero Points fruits and vegetables using the WW Recipe Builder.

More Weight Watchers Friendly Recipes with Banana:

• Skinny Banana Oatmeal Muffin & Bread Recipes
• Healthy Low-Fat Banana Bread
• Low Fat Chocolate Banana Bread
• Healthy Low Fat Banana Bread with Apricot and Dates
• Skinny Chocolate Banana Muffins
• Skinny Banana Coconut Date Muffins
• Weight Watchers Banana Bread
• Low Fat Banana Bread
• Nutella Banana Bread
• Skinny Healthy Banana Coconut Date Muffins
• Low Fat Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Icing
• Banana Cranberry Muffins
• Moist Banana Nut Bread

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