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Default Reducing sugar in banana bread recipe


"Denise~*" > wrote in message
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> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>>Joe,
>>>
>>>Add more banana?
>>>
>>>Andy
>>>

>>
>>
>> I'm thinking that since I'm removing a dry ingredient, I might need to
>> adjust by increasing the flour. But, flour doesn't behave the same way as
>> sugar, so I'm in a quandary. If I had lots of ripe bananas on hand, I'd
>> just experiment, but I need this baked tonight - not enough time to wait
>> for more to ripen.

>
> Sugar is technically a wet ingredient, and adding a bananna woud make the
> bread too moist most likely. I'd just reduce the amount of sugar and/or
> replace it with honey if you are concerned about refined sugars too.



The sugar's been reduced from 2/3 cup to about a tablespoon. We shall see.