1/2 cup white flour
1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 cup rolled oats
2 eggs, beaten
1/3 cup water*
2 tablespoons canola oil
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla
1-1/2 cups mashed ripe banana (3-4 bananas)
3/4 cups chopped walnuts, divided (1/2 cup for mix, 1/4 cup for top)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350F and spray a loaf pan with cooking spray. Combine white flour, buttermilk powder, whole wheat pastry flour, oat bran, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and oats together in a large bowl. Combine eggs, water, oil, applesauce, vanilla, and bananas in a medium bowl (if using honey, add it with these wet ingredients). Make a well in center of dry ingredients. Pour wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir gently just until the dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in 1/2 cup walnuts. Spoon batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle top with 1/4 cup walnuts. Bake for 50-60 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack in the pan for 15 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely.
*1/3 c. liquid buttermilk may be substituted for the dry buttermilk powder and water.
