Baking with Kara

Tonight I thought I'd try something a little different....I decided to bake! We had a ton of bananas left that we needed to be eaten before they went bad, so banana bread it was! I wanted to try a healthy recipe so I found one that looked healthy AND yummy. It turned out GREAT! Here's the recipe if you want to try it out:

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup SPLENDA® Sugar Blend
• 3/4 cup flax seed meal
• 5 ripe bananas, mashed
• 1/4 cup skim milk
• 1/4 cup low-fat sour cream
• 2 teaspoons egg whites
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
2. In a medium bowl, mix together the sugar blend, flax meal, bananas, milk, sour cream and egg whites until well blended. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into the banana mixture until moistened. Spoon into prepared loaf pan.
3. Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the crown of the loaf comes out clean.

I also added in some walnuts, but not too many!

Baking was pretty fun, I especially liked using my big Kitchen Aid mixer! Don't worry, I don't forsee this turning into a recipe blog.