Ingredients
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1 cup flour
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1 cup oat flour (you can use a food processor to finely grind rolled oats if needed)
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1/2 cup oat bran
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2 teaspoons baking powder
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
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1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1/2 cup packed brown sugar
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3 egg whites
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1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
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2 tablespoons vegetable oil
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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2 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 3-4 bananas)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F, set rack at middle. Grease and flour one 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 - inch loaf pan.
- In a mixing bowl, combine both flours and oat bran, baking powder and soda, allspice and cinnamon and stir well to mix.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the sugar, egg whites, applesauce, oil, vanilla and bananas.
- Fold the flour mix into the wet mixture, be careful not to overmix.
- Scrape the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 45-55 minutes, until well risen and a skewer into the thickest part of the bread comes out clean.
- Cool on a rack 5 minutes, then unmold and finish cooling.
- Freezes well.