Blueberry and banana bread

We tried this on Sunday before we going out for the day. The kids loved making it and couldn’t wait for it to come out of the oven. This low fat bread is great on its own or toasted.

1 1/2 cups of wholemeal self raising flour
1/2 cups skim milk powder
1/2 wheat germ
1 teaspoon of Cinnamon
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
1/2 cup of maple syrup or honey
1 /2 cup of dried bananas
2 ripe bananas mashed
250g of frozen or fresh blueberries
Grated zest from 1 orange
4 egg whites

Cooking Time: 50 mins

Serves: 8 slices

Steps

1. Pre heat oven to 180oc / gas mark 4
2. Using a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, wheatgerm, skim milk powder and cinnamon
3. Use a different bowl to combine the orange zest, mashed bananas, vanilla extract, egg whites and maple syrup
4. Add the mashed banana mixture to the flour and until well mixed
5. Gently fold in the blueberries and the dried banana chips
6. Pour mixture into a greased loaf tin ( optional: for a crusty top add a little brown sugar ) and bake in oven for 50 mins
7. Remove from oven when cooked (test with a skewer if the skewer is clean when removed it is cooked) and allow to cool