I’ve had my share of Weight Watchers banana bread recipes, but this version is my favorite. The bread comes out so moist and delicious, and the applesauce and vanilla extract help to give it just the right amount of sweetness without having to use a lot of sugar.
If you prefer to use regular, all-purpose flour with this instead of whole wheat, you absolutely can. Or you can use a mixture of the two flours. But I like the added nutrition of whole wheat. I also added a few tablespoons of organic raw flaxseed because I was serving this to my kids, but that does add an extra Point or two. So, I posted the recipe without the inclusion of the flaxseed.
This low fat banana bread is wonderful with your morning coffee or tea, or for an after-dinner sweet treat. And at just 4 Points for each thick slice, you’ll be thrilled at how filling and satisfying it is. Enjoy!
Low Fat Banana Bread Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 2 large - overripe bananas, mashed
- 2 tbsp light butter - at room temp
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¼ cup liquid egg substitute - like EggBeaters
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a loaf pan with nonfat cooking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat together, sugar, butter, egg substitute, vanilla extract, and applesauce. Using a rubber spatula, fold in the bananas.
- In a separate bowl, combine all the dry ingredients.
- Slowly mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, about 1/2 a cup at a time.
- Pour the mixture into the loaf pan, and bake in the oven for about 45-50 minutes, or until a tooth pick inserted onto the center of the bread comes out clean.
- Let bread cool in pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire cooling rack. Cut into 8 equally sized slices.
21 Comments
Just made this and it is so yummy!! Love that it’s low cal! Jane is right- the height is only about 1 inch on the ends of the loaf and maybe 1 1/2″ in the middle. Taste is great however.
Hi,
I tried your reciepe and it came out really well. It had the right amount of sweetness. Do you have any banana bread reciepes which use greek yogurt. I saw some online reciepes using greek yogurt instead of apple sauce.
Thanks,
Laksh
can i substitute applesauce with other stuff?
I made the recipe exactly as directed and i didn’t rise much. it’s only about and inch thick after falling. tastes great but i’m not sure what i did wrong.
Love the site but having difficulty printing recipes – keep getting a message saying internal error prevents printing. Help
You an simply select print, then when your print menu appears, I select to print only page 2. then the other 14 pages don’t print. Hope that works on your computer.
How do I subsitute the egg beaters with egg?
You’ll use 1/4 cup liquid eggbeaters for each egg.
I made this but made it tropical by adding 1 tsp coconut extract and a sprinkling (maybe 2 tb) of unsweetened shredded coconut on top. It was very good. Thank you for all your fabulous recipes !!
Tried this and it’s amazing, super easy to make, and insanely addicting. I’m 14 years old, LOVE to cook (especially baking) and almost my entire family is on weight watchers, it’s a terrible mix because, in my dad’s words, I “Bake too well” which basically means that even though I love baking, I can’t unless it’s weight watchers or terrible because my family can’t resist the temptation. Naturally the, I ADORE when I find good weight watchers recipes that don’t require splenda instead of sugar, or portions to small for even a mouse to enjoy! I made three batches of this four days ago and we’re already out, and it was demanded that I make more (which I don’t mind at all of course). Thanks a ton for posting good, easy, and more importantly HEALTHY recipes!
I am making this today! I plugged the recipe into Recipe Builder on WW website because I only have all-purpose enriched unbleached flour and Splenda Baking Sugar on hand. With these changes only, one slice (1/8th of loaf) was only 3 WWP+.
Hi LaaLoosh recipes!
Can I use just white enriched flour? What is the difference between pastry and enriched?
Yes, you can use white flour, but it will lower the fiber and protein count, thus making this dish a Point or two higher. I recommend using whole wheat pastry flour over whole wheat all-purpose enriched because the grind is finer and it makes for a softer end product.
I just made banana bread yesterday, I’ll have to try this recipe next time! Looks great!
oops 2 comments…oh well they are good
thank you for having a light recipe with a normal serving size!!! I hate “light” recipes where the serving size is stupid….lol
I made these into muffins…I ended up with 9, husband loved them…me too!!
I added a teaspoon of black walnut extract for a nutty flavor and a half a walnut piece on top of each….very good
By chance do you know if you make the muffins will they still be 4 points? Thank you
As long as the same amount of ingredients is used and you make the same total servings, then yes!
I’ve been on a banana bread craze lately. I can’t wait to try this recipe!
thank you for a recipe where the portions are “REAL” not a loaf with 16 slices….
Right!?? I go crazy when I see a “light” recipe that is just a regular recipe with a zillion servings. Of course it’s “Light”…I’m only eating a crumb!!! I need REAL portions!