Chocolate-Cherry Banana Bread
Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens

Miniature chocolate pieces scatter throughout this quick bread, making a little chocolate seem like a lot. Ideal for a diabetic diet.


Chocolate-Cherry Banana Bread


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Ingredients
 
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  •     Nonstick cooking sprayOn Sale
  • 1-1/2  cups  all-purpose flourOn Sale
  • 2/3  cup  sugar or sugar substitute blend* equivalent to 2/3 cup sugarOn Sale
  • 2  teaspoons  baking powderOn Sale
  • 1/4  teaspoon  baking sodaOn Sale
  • 1/4  cup  refrigerated or frozen egg product, thawed, or 1 egg, beatenOn Sale
  • 1/4  cup  fat-free dairy sour creamOn Sale
  • 1/4  cup  fat-free milkOn Sale
  • 2  teaspoons  cooking oilOn Sale
  • 1  teaspoon  vanillaOn Sale
  • 2/3  cup  mashed banana (about 2 medium bananas)On Sale
  • 8    maraschino cherries, drained and choppedOn Sale
  • 1/4  cup  chopped walnutsOn Sale
  • 2  tablespoons  miniature semisweet chocolate piecesOn Sale
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Directions
1.
Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Lightly coat the bottom and 1/2 inch up sides of a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
2.
In a large bowl, stir together all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda. Make a well in center of flour mixture; set aside.
3.
In a medium bowl, combine sour cream, milk, egg, and oil. Stir in mashed banana and vanilla.
4.
Add sour cream mixture all at once to flour mixture; stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy). Fold in chopped cherries, walnuts, and chocolate chips.
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Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove bread from pan. Cool completely on wire rack. Makes 16 slices.

Sugar Substitutes
Choose from Splenda Sugar Blend or Baking or Equal Sugar Lite. Follow the package directions to use the amount equivalent to 2/3 cup sugar.
Nutrition information
Calories 119, Total Fat 2 g, Saturated Fat 0 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Sodium 61 mg, Carbohydrate 23 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 2 g. Daily Values: Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 0%, Iron 0%. Exchanges: Starch .5, Other Carbohydrate 1, Fat .5. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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How to Make Banana Bread
Got overripe bananas? Before you toss those brown-spotted specimens in the trash or compost bin, you might want to dig out your loaf pans. If you're not sure how to make banana bread, you might not know that the ripest bananas--even those that have already turned brown--are the sweetest. That makes them hidden gems when it comes to baking. Many a banana bread aficionado has purposefully resisted eating perfectly good bananas for the purpose of saving them for this moist, delicious treat.

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