Love, love, love this recipe!! I've made it as written and have since modified with great results. I now always cut the sugar in half, do half wheat flour and make them into muffins and bake 20-25 min. (oh, I also always use frozen blueberries) I have also substituted some quick oats and cornmeal for some of the flour and it turned out wonderful!
Blueberry-Lemon Banana Bread with Cream-Cheese Glaze
The soft texture of the glaze limits this bread's portability--you'll want to eat it with a fork to enjoy its tart sweetness.
Yield: 1 loaf, 16 servings (serving size: 1 slice)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 176
- Calories from fat: 24%
- Fat: 4.6g
- Saturated fat: 2.7g
- Monounsaturated fat: 1.1g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.2g
- Protein: 3.2g
- Carbohydrate: 31.3g
- Fiber: 1.1g
- Cholesterol: 13mg
- Iron: 1mg
- Sodium: 194mg
- Calcium: 19mg
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup mashed ripe banana (about 2 bananas)
- 1/2 cup egg substitute
- 1/3 cup reduced-fat sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
- Cooking spray
- Glaze:
- 1/4 cup (2 ounces) block-style 1/3-less-fat cream cheese
- 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons water
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- To prepare the banana bread, lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk to combine.
- Place granulated sugar and butter in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until mixture is well blended (about 1 minute). Add mashed banana, egg substitute, sour cream, and vanilla; beat until blended. Add flour mixture; beat at low speed just until moist. Gently fold in blueberries and lemon rind. Spoon batter into an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool the bread 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove the bread from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
- To prepare glaze, combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, lemon juice, and water, stirring with a whisk until smooth. Drizzle the glaze over cooled bread.
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