Blueberries are in season, so why not include them in fabulous banana bread? This is a Cooking Light recipe that was quite delicious. The recipe included a glaze, and I include instructions for one below, but next time I will skip it. The bread is definitely sweet enough without a glaze. If you decide to use a glaze, I would only pour it on right before eating. Enjoy!
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 cup 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 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
- 1 tbsp. grated lemon zest
- Cooking spray
- For the glaze (optional):
- 1/4 cup low-fat cream cheese, softened
- 3 tbsp. powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp. lemon juice
- 2 tsp. water
- Preheat oven to 350. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl and whisk to combine.
- Place sugar and butter in a large bowl and beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add the banana, egg substitute, sour cream, and vanilla and beat until blended. Add the flour mixture; beat at low speed until just moist. Gently fold in blueberries and lemon zest.
- Spoon batter into a loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool bread for 10 minutes and then remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
- To make the optional glaze – combine all ingredients in a bowl and whisk until smooth. I had a hard time getting the cream cheese smooth, so I used a mini food processor. You could also substitute sour cream for the cream cheese or make a simple glaze with milk and confectioners’ sugar. Drizzle over the loaf immediately before serving.