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Low Fat Chocolate Chip Banana Nut Bread

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Submitted by randilicious
12 Servings
260 calories, 10.4 g total fat, 36 mg cholesterol, 206 mg sodium, 31.3 g carbohydrate

Ingredients

2 eggs 2/3 c. white sugar
4 very ripe bananas, mashed ¼ c. apple sauce
1/3 c. nonfat milk 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp vanilla extract 1 tbsp Kahlua
1¾ c. all purpose flour 2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt
1/3 c. chopped walnuts 1 c. chocolate chips

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Spray bread pan with non-stick cooking spray then lightly dust with flour.
  2. In a large bowl, beat eggs & sugar until light & fluffy. Beat in bananas, apple sauce, milk, olive oil, vanilla extract, & Kahlua.
  3. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, & salt.
  4. Stir flour mixture into banana mixture, mixing until well blended.
  5. Fold in walnuts & chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  6. Bake in preheated oven until golden brown & a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean (usually around 1 hour). 
  7. Turn bread out onto a wire rack & let cool.

Lemon Poppy Seed Bread

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Submitted by Trish
Serves 20

Ingredients

2 c. flour 1 c. vegetable oil
3 eggs 1½ tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp lemon extract 2 tbsp poppy seeds
3 c. all-purpose flour 1½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt 1½ c. milk
2 tbsp lemon juice ¾ c. confectioners’ sugar

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease & flour 2 loaf pans. Combine sugar, oil, eggs, vanilla & lemon extracts in a large bowl; mix well. Stir in poppy seeds.
  2. Sift together flour, baking powder & salt. Add flour mixture & milk to sugar mixture alternately, mixing well after each addition. Divide batter evenly between prepared pans.
  3. Bake loaves for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Loosen edges from sides of pans. Cool loaves in pans for 10 minutes. Turn out onto wire racks.
  4. For icing, blend lemon juice & confectioners’ sugar in a small bowl. Drizzle over warm loaves.

Banana Loaf

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Submitted by MyDogmaKickedYourKarma
Yields 1 Loaf

Ingredients

½ c. butter 1 c. white sugar
2 eggs 1 tsp baking soda
3 crushed bananas 2½ c. flour
½ tsp baking powder ½ c. milk

Directions

  1. Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl.  
  2. Pour into greased loaf pan.
  3. Bake for 1 hour at 350°F.

Banana Pancakes

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Submitted by Trish
Serves 12

Ingredients

1 c. flour 1 tsp sugar
2 tsp baking powder ¼ tsp salt
1 egg, beaten 1 c. milk
1 tsp vegetable oil 2 ripe bananas, mashed

Directions

  1. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder & salt. In a separate bowl, mix together egg, milk, vegetable oil & bananas.
  2. Stir flour mixture into banana mixture; batter will be slightly lumpy.
  3. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium heat. Pour or scoop batter onto griddle, using approximately ¼ c. for each pancake. 
  4. Cook until pancakes are golden brown on both sides. Serve hot.

Biscuits & Gravy

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Submitted by randilicious
Serves 6-8
Chef’s Note: I recommend Aidell’s Chicken & Apple or Portobello Mushroom sausage.

Ingredients

1 pkg (4 links) breakfast sausage, chopped 2 tbsp butter
4 tbsp flour 4 c. milk
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 pkg/roll of biscuits (e.g. Pillsbury, Grands.)
Salt & Pepper

Directions

  1. Heat oil in a large skillet.
  2. Over medium high heat, saute the sausage until browned & cooked thoroughly.
  3. Stir in butter until well blended.
  4. Stir in flour until mixture is thick & pasty.
  5. Reduce heat to medium low & slowly add the milk, stirring constantly, until mixture is thick & bubbly. Continue stirring until desired consistency.
  6. Add salt & pepper to taste.
  7. As gravy simmers & thickens, prepare biscuits as indicated on the package.
  8. For each serving, slice biscuit in half & pour gravy over open-faced biscuits.