Kerrie Ann's Banana Bread with Secret Bribe

Lighter-ish Banana Bread with Secret Bribe Ingredient

Cooking spray

1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1 tsp baking soda

2 tbsp ground flax

1 tbsp ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 stick (1/4 cup) softened butter (can use butter substitute),

1/2 cup granulated sugar

2 eggs (or egg substitute)

1/3 cup fat free vanilla or plain yogurt

3 very ripe bananas smashed (about 1 1/2 cups)

2 tsp vanilla

**Secret ingredient: 2 tablespoons of chocolate chips. They add maybe 140 calories to the entire receipe and encourage kids to eat it!

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Apray 8 inch x 4 inch metal loaf pan with cooking spray.

You are supposed to whisk together dry ingredients (both flours, baking soda, flax meal, cinnamon and salt) and set aside. Personally, I just mix it all at the end after the wet ingredients are combined. What can I say, Martha Stewart? I live on the edge.

Cream butter with sugar. I recommend a mixer. Add eggs one at a time beating thoroughly in between. Mix in yogurt, bananas and vanilla. Fold in flour mixture and mix until just incorporated. Chips are the last thing to jump in. Carefully...and don't nibble!

Carefully spoon batter in to loaf pan. I recommend avoiding even a small taste of the batter as it leads to entirely too much finger-licking and spooning of raw batter.

Bake 55-65 minutes. Check with a toothpick to ensure it is fully cooked throughout. Allow to cool and remove from baking pan.