Low fat banana bread recipe

There is no reason why one should not make banana bread with a proper yeast dough, although most low fat banana bread recipes give instructions for a sort of cake.  In this recipe the banana is made as bread, not as a cake.

In making bread, you normally need to use a little sugar to help the yeast to rise.  You also add oil, or sometimes butter, to give the cake a good texture and flavour.

If you use banana in your bread, the banana provides natural sugars, fructose, sucrose and glucose, which feed the yeast and help it make the bread dough rise.  These fruit sugars are much less fattening than refined cane or beet sugar (the kind of sugar you buy in a packet).

The banana also adds to the texture and flavour of the bread, so you do not need to add any additional fat or oil.

To make a low fat banana bread, use 550 grams of wholemeal flour, 10 grams dried yeast, 20 grams salt, 340 grams warm water, 2 ripe bananas.

Mix the flour and salt in a bowl and put the bowl in a very low oven for 5 to 7 minutes so that the flour gets slightly warmed.  In the meantime, put the yeast in a cup and pour a little warm water over it.  By the time you take the flour out of the oven, the yeast will have become active and will be bubbly and creamy.  Pour the yeast into the centre of the flour.  Add some warm water and stir it round and round with a wooden spoon.  Now pour in the rest of the water and mix the dough with your hands.  Mash the two bananas with a fork and work them into the dough.  If the dough is too sticky, add some more flour and keep mixing and kneading until you have a ball of elastic dough. 

Cover the bowl with a cloth and leave it in a warm place, such as above the hot water tank, for 2 hours.  The dough will have risen to double its size and be soft and puffy.  Slap it down with your hands and keep throwing the dough around the bowl.  Have ready a loaf tin, warmed and greased with a little oil.  Put the dough into the loaf tin and leave it for half an hour, or until it has again doubled in size.

Preheat the oven to a high heat, 450 degrees Fahrenheit, 230 degrees Centigrade or gas number 8.  Put the loaf in the oven and after ten minutes lower the heat to 400, 205, or no. 6.  Leave the loaf in the oven for a further 30 minutes and then turn it out of its tin and leave it to cool a little on a rack.

With this low fat banana bread recipe, you will have a delicious moist loaf with a crusty outside.

Banana has been a well known for its essentials such as vitamins and potassium. When cooking it is necessary to ensure that your meal retains all the necessary nutrients. The low fat banana bread recipe can be served with different accompaniments that can make it a nutritious meal. It is a well know fact that banana fruit is a sweet fruit that can be eaten on its own, and we have all pretty well liked fruits. Low fat banana bread recipe is an easy way of baking just like other bread baking. The only difference is only that we use the fruit banana. Collect all the ingredients as shown below for the preparation.

Ingredients;

2 eggs that should be properly whisked

2/3 cup white sugar

2 very ripe bananas, mashed

1/3 cup low fat milk

A table spoon of low -cholesterol oil preferably vegetable oil

Some vanilla flavor to taste

1¾ cups all-purpose flour

Two tea spoon baking powder and some baking soda

Half tea spoon

Some salt to taste

Its always beneficial before preparing any meal, to make the necessary preparations, making sure that you are well prepared, and the food should be for a specific number of people. Before you start mixing the ingredients, preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Get your bread pan and spray with nonstick cooking spray and lightly dust with flour. Using a wooden spatula, in a large bowl, beat the eggs and sugar should be well beaten, you can use a mixer for better results, and this should be done for about 5 minutes.

Beat the bananas together with nonfat milk, oil and vanilla flavor until well mixed.

There should be a separate bowl to use for sieving the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, this helps in having a fine mix and allows for an even mixture and aeration of the mix.

Take the flour mixture and stir into banana mixture, continue mixing until blended. Once the mixture is ready, bake in the preheated pan until golden and a clean stick may be used to check by inserting at the center of the loaf, if it comes out clean, meaning with no flour. It simply means the loaf is ready. The whole baking process should take about an hour. Hold the baking pan with a piece of cloth to avoid burning given that the pan will be extremely hot. The bread should be left to cool after baking, at this point the bread should be stored if not served in an air tight container.