Healthy Blueberry Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (you may use all purpose, or a mix of the two, but it will loose some of it's *health value)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup coconut OR olive oil
• 1/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten (at room temperature)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 VERY ripe bananas, peeled and mashed (will yield about 1 and 1/4 cups of mashed banana)
• 1 heaping cup fresh blueberries

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F(175 C). Butter and flour a loaf pan; set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon; set aside.
3. In a large bowl, beat the sugar, oil, apple sauce, eggs and vanilla until just blended. Stir in the mashed bananas and blueberries. Add the dry ingredients and stir *just until combined.
4. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan, place in the oven, and bake until a cake tester inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean - about 1 hour. Cool for 15 minutes before removing the loaf from the pan and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.