Ingredients

• 1 cup - whole-wheat pastry flour
• 1/3 cup - stone-ground yellow corn meal
• 1 tsp - baking powder
• 1 tsp - baking soda
• 1/4 tsp - salt
• 1 tsp - ground cardamom
• Wet:
• 5 tbsp - canola oil
• 2/3 cup - sugar
• 2 tbsp - molasses
• 2 tbsp - flax seed powder, mixed with 4 tbsp water
• 1/3 cup - apple sauce
• 2 - small ripe bananas, mashed well

How to Make Banana Cornbread

• Mix all the dry ingredients together.
• Place the wet ingredients in a bowl and beat on medium speed with an electric mixer until well incorporated.
• Add the flour mixture gradually, stirring until it is well mixed in.
• Add 1/2 cup pecans, toasted lightly.
• Pour into an oiled loaf pan and bake for about 55 minutes at 250 degrees until the top is a rich brown.
• Remove to a rack and cool.