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Lighter Banana Bread takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Lighter Banana Bread takes 60 minutes to cook.

Lighter Banana Bread makes 48 servings.

The ingredients for Lighter Banana Bread are:

1.25 cups sugar
.25 cup unsweetened applesauce
.25 cup margarine, softened
.50 cup fat-free cholesterol-free egg product
1.5 cups mashed very ripe bananas (3 to 4 bananas)
.50 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2.5 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped nuts, if desired

Here is how you make Lighter Banana Bread:

Move oven rack to low position so that tops of pans will be in center of oven. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottoms only of two loaf pans, 8.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 inches, or one loaf pan, 9 x 5 x 3 inches.Mix sugar, applesauce and margarine in large bowl. Stir in egg product until well blended. Add bananas, buttermilk and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt just until moistened. Stir in nuts. Pour into pans.Bake 8-inch loaves about 1 hour, 9-inch loaf about 1.25 hours, (muffins about 45 minutes), or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaves from pan; remove from pans and place top side up on wire rack. Cool completely, about 2 hours, before slicing. Wrap tightly and store at room temperature up to 4 days, or refrigerate up to 10 days.Special Touch: A fat-free glaze makes this quick bread even more irresistible! Mix .50 cup powdered sugar with about 2 teaspoons fat-free (skim) milk. Drizzle over warm bread.Number of Servings: 48Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user EVELINA.

The nutritional information for Lighter Banana Bread is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 48
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 77.1

• Total Fat: 2.6 g
• Cholesterol: 0.1 mg
• Sodium: 94.1 mg
• Total Carbs: 12.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.5 g
• Protein: 1.5 g