Makes 1 loaf and will serve 10
**In any recipe that calls for flour, I always use unbleached white flour. It is better for you than bleached white flour. I also use whole-wheat flour a lot too! You can tell no difference!**
Ingredients
1 cup fresh blueberries, rinsed and drained, or frozen blueberries
**I used frozen b/c they are cheaper!**
2 cups plus one tablespoon all-purpose flour
3/4 cup granulated sugar, I only used 1/2 cup
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, I used 1 tsp
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (2 to 3)
1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
6 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled, I only used 4-5
1 large egg
Oatmeal Streusel
**Recipe for the Oatmeal Streusel**
In a bowl, combine 1/4 cup each all-purpose flour, regular rolled oats, and chopped dried banana chips; 2 tablespoons each firmly packed brown sugar and butter, cut into chunks; and 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon. Mix with your fingers until fine crumbs form.
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. In a small bowl, gently mix blueberries with 1 tablespoon of the flour.
3. In another bowl, blend remaining 2 cups flour, the sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
4. In a third, large bowl, whisk bananas, buttermilk, butter, and egg to blend. Stir flour mixture into banana mixture just until evenly moistened; the batter will be stiff. Gently stir in blueberry mixture.
5. Spread batter level in a buttered 5- by 9-inch loaf pan. Sprinkle with oatmeal streusel and press in lightly.
6. Bake bread in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 60 to 70 minutes.
7. Let bread cool in pan on a rack for 10 minutes, then run a knife around edges to loosen. Invert bread onto a plate, remove pan, and turn over onto rack to cool completely, about 45 minutes.
Nutritional Information
Calories:319 (31% from fat)
Protein:4.8g
Fat:11g (sat 6.8)
Carbohydrate:51g
Fiber:1.8g
Sodium:347mg
Cholesterol:48mg
-Compliments of www.myrecipes.com
**Here is the Cooking Light version of this recipe. I have not tried it yet but I will next time!**
Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour, use unbleached
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
3/4 cup uncooked quick-cooking grits
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
3 tablespoons canola oil
1 cup mashed ripe banana
3/4 cup blueberries
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
Cooking spray
**I would add 1 teaspoon of cinnamon to this. Spices have no calories as long as you make sure is it 100% that spice!**
Directions
Preheat oven to 350°.
Lightly spoon flours into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flours, grits, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture. Combine oil, banana, blueberries, and eggs; add to flour mixture. Stir just until moist.
Spoon batter into an 8 x 4-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool bread in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack. Remove bread from pan, and cool completely on wire rack.
Nutritional Information
Calories:145 (25% from fat)
Fat:3.6g (sat 0.4g,mono 1.8g,poly 1g)
Protein:3g
Carbohydrate:25.9g
Fiber:1.4g
Cholesterol:27mg
Iron:0.9mg
Sodium:116mg
Calcium:15mg
-Compliments of Cooking Light
