On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:59:24 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> wrote:

>I've got a banana bread recipe whose main ingredients are as follows (for
>one loaf).
>
>1-1/3 cups flour
>3/4 tsp salt
>1/2 tsp baking soda
>1/4 tsp baking powder
>5 TBS butter
>2/3 cup sugar
>2 eggs
>1 cup mashed banana
>1/2 cup nuts
>
>This is way too sweet for me and my audience. If the sugar were eliminated
>completely, what would be the best way to adjust for that?

Just use a LOT less sugar in the recipe... when I make a cake I
usually use about half a cup of sugar to THREE cups of flour (as
opposed to the original base recipe which used 1/2 cup sugar and 1-1/2
cups flour)...