Bonus Recipe! "New-Fashioned" Banana Bread

I have some leftover bananas from last week's "peach melba" -- just thought I'd share what I'm planning to do with them. 

1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp [freshly grated -- ha!] nutmeg
1/8 tsp salt

1 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2)
3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
1 large egg
1 Tbs canola oil
1 tsp vanilla extract

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line the bottom of a loaf pan with waxed paper and spray the inside of the pan with oil.

2. Whisk the flours, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a medium bowl.

3.  In another bowl, beat the brown sugar, mashed banana, applesauce, buttermilk, egg, oil, and vanilla until lightened and frothy (about 2 minutes with an electric mixer on high).

4. Pour the banana mixture into the flour mixture and stir until just combined.  Do not overmix.  Spread in the prepared pan.

5. Bake until cracks appear on the top, the loaf springs back when pressed, and the sides are beginning to pull away from the pan.  Do not overbake.

Enjoy!!

Thanks to the "Healthy Oven Baking Book" by Sarah Phillips for this recipe!