Low Fat Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Don't let the low fat in the title throw you, this banana bread is yum.  The key to keeping it low fat is the use of apple sauce instead of oil.  The best part of this recipe is that it is totally guilt-free.  I bake this during when I am suppressing my inner heifer and eating like a good little girl.  I really hate those times but this banana bread makes it a little bit better.

You can make this recipe without the chocolate chips, but why would you?  I've expressed my feelings about people who don't like chocolate.  

Yield: 12 servings

**You can make this as a loaf or as muffins.  Either way, it'll be 12 servings.

Ingredients

4 very ripe bananas

1 1/2 cups flour

1 cup sugar

2 tbsp butter, softened

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 egg

2 tbsp applesauce

4 tbsp semi-sweet chocolate chips

1.   Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease a loaf pan or muffin cups.  

2.  Mash bananas in a bowl.  Add all other ingredients & mix well.

3.  Pour into loaf pan or muffin tins.  Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.

**You're really going to want to make sure to grease the muffin cups if you decide to make muffins.  If you don't, the muffin will stick to the cup and that would be sad.  If you make a loaf, let it cool completely before you remove it from the loaf pan or it will fall apart and that would be sad.

**I use the individual servings of applesauce.  They keep much longer than a jar of it and 1 serving equals about 2 tbsp.  I just throw the whole thing in there.