Whole Wheat Banana Bread

1/3 cup applesauce

3 1/2 medium very ripe bananas, mashed (probably 1 3/4 cup worth)

1 t vanilla

1/2 cup brown sugar (would have used honey, but I was out – used it all up in those darn healthy cookies)

2 eggs

1 1/4 cup whole wheat flour

1 t baking soda

1/2 t salt

1 t cinnamon

1/4 cup buttermilk (could use regular milk, or just hot water – or even omit (especially if you use honey) – this recipe was pretty moist!)

Preheat oven to 325.  Mix ingredients together, in order…till combined.  Pour into greased bread tin ( you could also make into muffins and bake for a lot less time, but then you have built in portion control and I wasn’t into this today).  Bake for 60-70 minutes.  Since your oven is going to be on for so long, do what I did, and kill a few more birds with that stone- roast your veggies for dinner (in this case, sweet potato, zucchini, green beans, and carrots) at the same time.  That way, you can eat a bunch of veggies BEFORE digging into the banana bread, and perhaps you won’t eat the whole loaf   This doesn’t taste “healthy” unlike most of my other baked goodies.  You could add chocolate chips or walnuts if you wish, but don’t you dare bring me a loaf with walnuts in it – ewww.  I’ll gladly sample a choc chip loaf if you’re in the mood to bake..