Blueberry Walnut Banana Bread

A delicious, healthy, fruit filled breakfast option AND it's low-fat? Yes, please.

I bought an insane amount of blueberries on sale (gotta love summer harvests!) and have a few recipes to share to use them up!

Enjoy Blueberry Walnut Banana Bread!

P.S. I made this bread for our camping trip and took this picture when I tried it before I left. I had planned to take a lot more for the blog on the trip but between the intense heat in the car and me not properly wrapping up the bread...it turned super mushy. So keep yours in the fridge...or not the 100 degree Utah heat. Lesson learned.

Blueberry Walnut Banana Bread

Adapted from SkinnyTaste.com

Makes one loaf

Prep Time: 15 min. Total Time: 1.5 hours, including cooling

Ingredients:

-3 ripe medium bananas, mashed

-1/4 c. unsweetened applesauce

-1 1/4 c. all purpose flour plus 1 tbsp. for coating blueberries

-3/4 tsp. baking soda

-1/4 tsp. salt

-2 tbsp. butter, softened

-1/2 c. light brown sugar

-2 large egg whites

-1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

-1/2 cup chopped walnuts

-1/2-3/4 c. blueberries rinsed and dried

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease an 8x5 loaf pan.

In a medium bowl, combine 1 1/4 c. all purpose flour, baking soda and salt with a wire whisk. Set aside.

In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar with a mixer. Add egg whites, bananas, applesauce and vanilla and beat at medium speed until thick. Scrape down sides of bowl.

Add flour mixture and blend at low speed until combined.

In a small bowl, sprinkle 1 tbsp. of flour over blueberries and walnuts to lightly coat. Add to flour-banana mixture and fold in with spatula. Do not over mix.

Pour batter into loaf pan and bake for 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Let cool for at least 20 minutes before slicing.

Enjoy!

Laura