Cream Cheese Banana Bread Directions:
- Preheat oven: Set your oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Prepare pan: Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
- Combine dry ingredients: In a medium bowl, whisk together whole wheat flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
- Cream applesauce and sugar: In a large bowl, beat applesauce and sugar until well combined.
- Add wet ingredients: Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla extract.
- Combine with bananas and yogurt: Mix in mashed bananas and Greek yogurt until well combined.
- Prepare cream cheese layer: In a separate bowl, beat low-fat cream cheese until smooth.
- Assemble bread: Pour half of the banana batter into the prepared loaf pan. Spread the cream cheese over the batter. Top with remaining banana batter.
- Bake: Bake for 60-70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool: Let the bread cool in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring it to a wire rack to cool completely.
WW Points and other Slimming or Weight Loss programs:
Due to plans regularly changing and updating, we recommend calculating with the official tools you get as a member to those plans to ensure accuracy of values.
WW Points Calculation:
- Whole wheat flour (1 1/2 cups): 15 points
- Baking soda (1 teaspoon): 0 points
- Salt (1/2 teaspoon): 0 points
- Ground cinnamon (1/4 teaspoon): 0 points
- Unsweetened applesauce (1/4 cup): 0 points
- Granulated sugar (1/2 cup): 8 points (or sweetener 0)
- Eggs (2 large): 0 points
- Vanilla extract (1 teaspoon): 0 points
- Ripe bananas (3): 0 points
- Plain nonfat Greek yogurt (1/4 cup): 1 point
- Low-fat cream cheese (4 ounces): 5 points
Total Points: 29 points
Servings: 12
Points Per Serving: 2.42 points
Nutrition Information:
Calories: 160
Fat: 3g
Protein: 4g
Carbohydrates: 29g
Sugar: 10g
Sodium: 180mg
I await your comments! Enjoy!
