RECIPE: Christine’s Banana Bread

WINNIPEG — Winnipeg food writer Shel Zolkewich visited Global Winnipeg’s Morning News Monday and made a tasty banana bread using Xyla, a sugar substitute made from natural sources with fewer calories and carbohydrates.

If you want to try your hand at making it at home, here’s her recipe for Christine’s Banana Bread:

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• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup Xyla
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 3 mashed bananas
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup cold coffee
• 1 cup pecans (optional) or 1/2 cup walnuts and 1/2 white chocolate chips

Mix all ingredients together until just blended. Spoon into greased loaf pan. Bake at 350F for one hour.

For more information on Xyla visit their website here.