Pop-Pop's Banana Walnut Bread

Recipe adapted from The Best of Cooking Light.

I started adding walnuts to this recipe special for my Pop-Pop.  He absolutely loves them.  He orders it on his pancakes, puts it in his cereal, and now requests it in his banana bread.  I like to bake this for him every once in a while just to hear the happiness in his voice when he calls to tell me he's eating and enjoying it.  Once I started adding nuts to his bread, I couldn't stop adding it mine!  It has lovingly been renamed "Pop-Pop's Banana Walnut Bread."  I hope you like it as much as he does.

2 mashed ripe bananas

2/3 cup sugar

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1 large egg white

1 large egg

1 3/4 cup whole wheat flour (all-purpose flour works, too)

1/3 cup flaxseed meal

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)

cooking spray

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray an 8x4 inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
2. In a large bowl, combine the bananas, sugar, vegetable oil, egg white, and egg with a mixer on low speed.
3. Add the flour, flaxseed meal, baking soda, and salt.  Mix on low speed, then add the walnuts.
4. Pour the batter into a loaf pan.
5. Bake for 40 minutes.  Use a cake tester to see if it comes out clean.
6. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove from the pan and cool completely.