Recipe for the weekend

Banana Bread With Teff and Chocolate

This recipe yields 20 slices of bread, and each has 170 calories and 6 grams of fat.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup teff flour
• ½ cup whole-wheat flour
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 5 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana (about 2 medium)
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¼ cup water
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Lightly spoon flours into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine the flours, salt, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon, stirring with a whisk. Place sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer on medium-high speed until well-blended, about 3 minutes. Add the egg, beating until blended.

Add the banana and vanilla, beating until blended. Beat in the water. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture; beat at low speed just until blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Spoon batter into an 9-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.

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